2014.459: A police officer stationed in a public school tries to spot drug sales to students. “In this school the regular guards are useless,” a teacher said. “With us it’s real police with real guns stationed in the halls. I’m not a teacher, I’m a warden

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2014.459

People

Leonard Freed, American (Brooklyn, New York 1929 - 2006 Garrison, New York)

Title

A police officer stationed in a public school tries to spot drug sales to students. “In this school the regular guards are useless,” a teacher said. “With us it’s real police with real guns stationed in the halls. I’m not a teacher, I’m a warden

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1976

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/349564

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

16.3 x 24 cm (6 7/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
sheet: 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, black ink: For Police work/Police assigned to city school checks from top of school for drug pushers in streets/1972

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Private collection, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2014.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift

Copyright

© Leonard Freed/Magnum Photos

Accession Year

2014

Object Number

2014.459

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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