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Roland L. Freeman, Paul "Hots" Watkins, Stable Manager for Many Years of Diteman's Stable, 1612 Aliceanna Street, East Baltimore, Maryland, December 1979, from the series Southern Roads/City Pavements, 1979, printed 1982, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of George H. Dalsheimer, 1991.80.2, © 1979, Roland L. Freeman
The Baltimore horse-cart vendors known as “arabbers” hold a special place in Freeman’s early development – so much that he dedicated an entire project to an exploration of their lives. Paul “Hots” Watkins is an intimate photographic portrayal of one member of this hard-working and now virtually extinct group in Baltimore. A descendent of arabbers himself, Freeman’s closeness to the subject was both difficult and rewarding – he wanted his documentation to reveal the arabbers’ rich social history as well as their importance in the African American story.
African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond, 2012
African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond, 2012
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Paul “Hots” Watkins, Stable Manager for Many Years of Diteman’s Stable, 1612 Aliceanna Street, East Baltimore, Maryland, December 1979, from the series Southern Roads/City Pavements
- Artist
- Date
- 1979, printed 1982
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- sheet: 14 x 11 in. (35.4 x 28.0 cm.)
- Copyright
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© 1979, Roland L. Freeman
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of George H. Dalsheimer
- Mediums Description
- gelatin silver print
- Classifications
- Keywords
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- Recreation – leisure – smoking
- Portrait male – Watkins, Paul "Hots"
- Cityscape – street – Aliceanna Street
- African-American
- Occupation – farm – groom
- African American
- Object Number
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1991.80.2
- Palette
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- Linked Open Data URI
