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Museum object · gelatin silver prints

Hole in the Wall

1939

Union Square Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Hole in the Wall - Union Square Park, New York City, 1939 Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 51. A black-and-white photograph of a shoe-shiner sleeping at his stand.

Catalog date
1939
Recorded places
Union Square Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Recorded subjects
African American; Photography; Urban life

Sources & collection details

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20

Catalog reference: 2010.74.49

Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

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