Children at Play – Object #3

Two African American girls playing with yarn and knitting needle at Harlem playground

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<p>A closeup photograph of two African American girls, one with yarn spun around her hands, and one holding knitting needles. They are wearing white dresses, smiling, and their hair is fixed in braids.</p>

Two girls play with yarn and knitting needles, ca. 1950.

Questions:

What are these girls playing with?

What adjective would you use to describe the girls? Give evidence from the picture to support your answer.

Citations

Ward, Florence. “Two African American girls playing with yarn and knitting needle at Harlem playground”. Visual Materials from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Records, 1950-1970. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.