Untitled (One boy pulling another in a wagon, Long Island City)

Frank Espada, Untitled (One boy pulling another in a wagon, Long Island City), 1956, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2015.22.1, © 1956, Frank Espada Photography
Copied Frank Espada, Untitled (One boy pulling another in a wagon, Long Island City), 1956, gelatin silver print, sheet and image: 13 1⁄8 × 12 3⁄4 in. (33.3 × 32.4 cm) mount: 10 1⁄8 × 12 3⁄4 in. (25.7 × 32.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2015.22.1, © 1956, Frank Espada Photography

Artwork Details

Title
Untitled (One boy pulling another in a wagon, Long Island City)
Artist
Date
1956
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet and image: 13 1⁄8 × 12 3⁄4 in. (33.3 × 32.4 cm) mount: 10 1⁄8 × 12 3⁄4 in. (25.7 × 32.4 cm)
Copyright
© 1956, Frank Espada Photography
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
Mediums Description
gelatin silver print
Classifications
Subjects
  • Object — tool — wagon
  • Cityscape — New York — Long Island City
  • Recreation — sport and play
  • Children
  • Figure group — male
  • Cityscape — street
Object Number
2015.22.1
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2015.22.1

Exhibitions

Photograph of children playing in the water from a fire hydrant by Hiram Maristany
Down These Mean Streets: Community and Place in Urban Photography
May 11, 2017–August 5, 2017
Smithsonian American Art Museum
America’s urban streets have long inspired documentary photographers. After World War II, populations shifted from the city to the suburbs and newly built highways cut through thriving neighborhoods, leaving isolated pockets within major urban centers.