Freed, Leonard. Line of Unemployed Men, New York City, 1963 (printed before 1975). gelatin silver print, Image: 16.2 x 24 cm (6 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.); Paper: 20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.). Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, 2016.280. Copyrighted undefined.

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Line of Unemployed Men, New York City

1963 (printed before 1975)

Leonard Freed

Leonard Freed (American, 1929–2006)

Photography

Line of Unemployed Men, New York City, 1963 (printed before 1975). Leonard Freed (American, 1929–2006). Gelatin silver print; image: 16.2 x 24 cm (6 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.); paper: 20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg 2016.280 © Leonard Freed /Magnum Photos In 1963, the year Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, the unemployment rate in the United States was 5% for whites and 10.9% for blacks.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Freed, Leonard
Classification: Photograph
Formatted Medium: gelatin silver print
Medium: gelatin, silver, print
Dimensions: Image: 16.2 x 24 cm (6 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.); Paper: 20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Inscribed

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Unidentified photographer

c. 1935

Inscription: Written in pencil on verso: “LFBWA-11.2 7500” Written in red ink on verso: “Unemployment” Imprinted in black type on white adhesive label on verso: “© Leonard Freed/Magnum Photos, Inc.” Stamped in black ink on verso: “50498” Written in pencil on verso: “SOC: 81” Stamped in red ink on verso: “Photograph By/Leonard Freed/© MAGNUM PHOTOS, INC./15 West 46th Street, N.Y.C. 10036/63-7-35/22 [written in black marker]” Written in pencil on verso: “63-7-35/22” Stamped in blue ink on verso: “MAGNUM/PHOTO LIBRARY PRINT/NEW YORK./34024 [written in pencil and crossed out] 34821 [written in pencil and crossed out]/LOG REF. 32069 [written in pencil and crossed out] 45954 [written in pencil]/TO BE RETURNED” Stamped in black ink on verso: “PRINTED BY/BRIGITTE FREED/BETWEEN 1957/AND 1975” Written in pencil on verso: “Leonard Freed (signed)” Stamped in black ink on verso: “© Leonard Freed-Magnum” Stamped in black ink on verso: “VINTAGE PRINT” Written in pencil on verso: “Book: Black in White America 63-7-35-22/1963 New York City, USA (Unemployed Men)”