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Museum object · gelatin silver prints

Meeting of the Minds

1940s

Crown Heights, Brooklyn, 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.

Meeting of the Minds - Kingsboro Housing Project, Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, New York, 1940's Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 88. A black-and-white photograph of seven children sitting and chatting on a bench at the Kingsborough Houses. An inscription on the verso reads [MEETING OF THE MINDS- KINGSBORO HOUSING PROJ., B'KLYN].

Catalog date
1940s
Recorded places
Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Recorded subjects
African American; Children; Housing; Photography; Urban life

Sources & collection details

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

Catalog reference: 2010.74.74

Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

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