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, 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: Frank Espada
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: Photography
Subjects: Children
Figure group — male
Cityscape — street
Recreation — sport and play
Cityscape — New York — Long Island City
Object — tool — wagon
Object Number: 2015.22.1
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2015.22.1

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Exhibitions

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May 11, 2017–August 5, 2017

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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.