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Museum object · gelatin silver prints

Sea Captain

1960s

Venice, Los Angeles, California, 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.

Sea Captain - Enjoying His Social Security, Bay Street, Venice, California, 1960's Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 64. A black-and-white photograph of a retired sea captain standing in the doorway of his house in Venice, California. An inscription on the verso reads [OLD SALT IN VENICE, CAL. - 1950's].

Catalog date
1960s
Recorded places
Venice, Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
Recorded subjects
African American; Photography; Urban life

Sources & collection details

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

Catalog reference: 2010.74.62

Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

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