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A young boy who says he has been left alone comes to the precinct for help. A concerned neighbor looks on, New York City
A young boy who says he has been left alone comes to the precinct for help. A concerned neighbor looks on, New York City
A young boy who says he has been left alone comes to the precinct for help. A concerned neighbor looks on, New York City

A young boy who says he has been left alone comes to the precinct for help. A concerned neighbor looks on, New York City

Maker (American, 1929 - 2006)
Date1972
MediumVintage gelatin silver print
Dimensions6(?) x 9 inches
Credit LineGift of Jennifer & Marc Lipschultz
Collections
Object number2024.200
Status
Not on view
A police officer of the 9th precinct patiently waits in the hospital emergency ward for a victim, shot in the leg, to say what happened. The man said he knew nothing but the police found out afterwards he had visited a private social club and was shot in a dispute. Because his leg wound is not considered serious at the moment, the man is waiting in the hospital hallway to be operated on, Bellevue Hospital Emergency Ward, New York City
A police officer of the 9th precinct patiently waits in the hospital emergency ward for a victim, shot in the leg, to say what happened. The man said he knew nothing but the police found out afterwards he had visited a private social club and was shot in a dispute. Because his leg wound is not considered serious at the moment, the man is waiting in the hospital hallway to be operated on, Bellevue Hospital Emergency Ward, New York City
Leonard Freed
1976
He Has A Stake: Albro Gregory expounds on his favorite subject— Alaska— during a stop for refreshment in Nome. "The point," he says is that "we Alaskans who do live here do have a stake in the land. That’s why we resent all interference from outside," October 29, 1970
He Has A Stake: Albro Gregory expounds on his favorite subject— Alaska— during a stop for refreshment in Nome. "The point," he says is that "we Alaskans who do live here do have a stake in the land. That’s why we resent all interference from outside," October 29, 1970
Eddie Adams
10/29/1970
Says His Brother Is The Boss: Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem, is pictured today during news interview in Saigon. Nhu said he has no political ambitions and that his brother is boss of his country. Nhu and the president both expressed hope for a quick return to normalcy from South Vietnam’s political-religious crisis. Both forecast an improvement in strained relations with the U.S., September 5, 1963
Says His Brother Is The Boss: Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem, is pictured today during news interview in Saigon. Nhu said he has no political ambitions and that his brother is boss of his country. Nhu and the president both expressed hope for a quick return to normalcy from South Vietnam’s political-religious crisis. Both forecast an improvement in strained relations with the U.S., September 5, 1963
Horst Faas
9/5/1963
Family on fire escape, Lower East Side, New York City
Family on fire escape, Lower East Side, New York City
Leonard Freed
1970
Down and outs receive a free cup of coffee at the Salvation Army Center on the Bowery, New York City
Down and outs receive a free cup of coffee at the Salvation Army Center on the Bowery, New York City
Leonard Freed
1966
Says Housing Amendment Cripples Rights Bill: Roy Wilkins, executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, tells the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights in Washington last night that the compromise amendment on the housing provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1966, renders the section of questionable value. The amendment exempts individual homeowners in real estate sales. At left is W.H. Booth, Jr., chairman of the New York Commission on Human Rights. The meeting was called for groups lobbying for passage of the bill, Washington DC, July 27, 1966
Says Housing Amendment Cripples Rights Bill: Roy Wilkins, executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, tells the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights in Washington last night that the compromise amendment on the housing provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1966, renders the section of questionable value. The amendment exempts individual homeowners in real estate sales. At left is W.H. Booth, Jr., chairman of the New York Commission on Human Rights. The meeting was called for groups lobbying for passage of the bill, Washington DC, July 27, 1966
Harvey Georges
7/26/1966
Backstage at a performance of the Cockettes a transvestite group from California, in the Anderson Theatre in New York’s East Village. Portrait of performer
Backstage at a performance of the Cockettes a transvestite group from California, in the Anderson Theatre in New York’s East Village. Portrait of performer
Leonard Freed
1971
Communist Missile Site Near Hanoi: U.S. Air Force released this picture in Saigon today taken by a reconnaissance pilot 25 miles northwest of Hanoi. The Air Force says it shows a communist missile site, 700 feet by 450 feet in the area, containing six launching pads with five SAM (surface-to-air) missiles visible. The U.S. Command in Saigon disclosed that 30 American planes have been downed by Soviet-built SAM missiles over North Vietnam in the last year and a half, Hanoi, January 2, 1967
Communist Missile Site Near Hanoi: U.S. Air Force released this picture in Saigon today taken by a reconnaissance pilot 25 miles northwest of Hanoi. The Air Force says it shows a communist missile site, 700 feet by 450 feet in the area, containing six launching pads with five SAM (surface-to-air) missiles visible. The U.S. Command in Saigon disclosed that 30 American planes have been downed by Soviet-built SAM missiles over North Vietnam in the last year and a half, Hanoi, January 2, 1967
Unknown Artist
1/2/1967
School Truants-- What the Children Do During the Time They Should Be In School: boys pull victim by wrists and ankles as black boy watches, Manchester
School Truants-- What the Children Do During the Time They Should Be In School: boys pull victim by wrists and ankles as black boy watches, Manchester
Leonard Freed
1974
In Caltavuturo, animals are still kept in some houses even in the center of the village. Young girls like this one have less and less to do as more work in done by machines and everyday articles become available from local shops, Sicily, Italy
In Caltavuturo, animals are still kept in some houses even in the center of the village. Young girls like this one have less and less to do as more work in done by machines and everyday articles become available from local shops, Sicily, Italy
Leonard Freed
1974
Boy on crutches outside of old mosque near graveyard, Istanbul
Boy on crutches outside of old mosque near graveyard, Istanbul
Leonard Freed
1976
For Size: FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover takes time out today to show photographers how he looks in a baseball cap. Hoover donned the cap after receiving the championship trophy won by the FBI baseball team in the All-American Amateur Association playoffs in Zanesville, Ohio, earlier this month, Washington D.C., September 8, 1960
For Size: FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover takes time out today to show photographers how he looks in a baseball cap. Hoover donned the cap after receiving the championship trophy won by the FBI baseball team in the All-American Amateur Association playoffs in Zanesville, Ohio, earlier this month, Washington D.C., September 8, 1960
William J. Smith
9/8/1960