Young Lords, At the Breakfast Table
Object Details
- Description
- A digital print depicting a black-and-white image of a busy kitchen belonging to the New York Young Lords during their breakfast program, with five children in view sitting and eating breakfast while three young adults cook near the stove. A long table is set with a plastic covering. At the center of the table is toppings needed for foods, such as hot sauces, honey, and ketchup. Five children as visibly seated on the side closest to the stove. They all appear to have plastic eating-ware, with plates and cups. The ages of the children range.
- Behind the seated children, to the far left is presumably a cupboard with painted flowers. In the center back are two young adults, Maritza and Elena Gonzalez; one is cooking presumably eggs on the stove, their back turned, and the other facing the children with a utensil in their proper right hand. To the far right is a third young adult, mixing ingredients into a bowl. There are cartons of milk and eggs are on the counter. A shelf above the stove, counter, and sink holds various sizes of pans and pots.
- There are no inscriptions on the print, front or back.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Date
- 1970; printed later
- Object number
- 2021.53.32
- Photograph by
- Frank Espada, Puerto Rican, 1930 - 2014
- Subject of
- Young Lords Party, American, founded 1969
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Estate of Frank Espada
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- inkjet prints
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
- Place depicted
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Portfolio/Series
- The Young Lords
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- African American - Latinx Solidarity
- Young Lords Movement
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- Children
- Communities
- Cooking and dining
- Photography
- Political organizations
- Poverty
- Urban life
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2021.53.32
