Title:

Black Panther Free Breakfast for Children Program, St. Augustine's Episcopal Church [merged with Trinity Church 1975]. Commissioned by Swedish magazine, Vi: Untitled

Creator:

Baruch, Ruth-Marion, 1922-1997

Type:

Image

Series:

The Black Panthers

People:

Jones, Pirkle, 1914-2009, Black Panther Party, Black Panther Party, and Bursey, Charles

Place:

Trinity Episcopal Church and Trinity Episcopal Church

Topic:

Black power, Civil rights demonstrations, Civil rights demonstrations, and Black power

Description:

This collection contains a selection of photographs by Ruth-Marion Baruch and Pirkle Jones, whose work visually documents the people and landscape of the San Francisco Bay Area during a time of enormous social, political, and environmental change. Included here is the entirety of Baruch's work, from her earliest 1940s prints, taken during her time as a college student and novice photographer, to her later works in portraiture as a seasoned artist. Social consciousness permeated Baruch's themes centered around women, children, youth, and race, as evidenced by her most famous projects, such as The Black Panthers, Haight-Ashbury, and Walnut Grove, as well as her lesser-known works like Renaissance Faire, Zoo, and Children, They Grow in the City. In addition to Pirkle Jones' contributions to the Black Panther series of photographs, included here is his collaboration with Dorothea Lange, the photographic series, Death of a Valley.

Subject:

Black power, Civil rights demonstrations, Civil rights demonstrations, Black power, Jones, Pirkle, 1914-2009, Black Panther Party, Black Panther Party, Bursey, Charles, Trinity Episcopal Church, and Trinity Episcopal Church

Call Number:

MS 20 and Box 467, Folder 6902

Title:

Black Panther Free Breakfast for Children Program, St. Augustine's Episcopal Church [merged with Trinity Church 1975]. Commissioned by Swedish magazine, Vi: Untitled

Creator:

Baruch, Ruth-Marion, 1922-1997

Type:

Image

Series:

The Black Panthers

People:

Jones, Pirkle, 1914-2009 and Black Panther Party

Place:

Trinity Episcopal Church

Topic:

Black power and Civil rights demonstrations

Description:

This collection contains a selection of photographs by Ruth-Marion Baruch and Pirkle Jones, whose work visually documents the people and landscape of the San Francisco Bay Area during a time of enormous social, political, and environmental change. Included here is the entirety of Baruch's work, from her earliest 1940s prints, taken during her time as a college student and novice photographer, to her later works in portraiture as a seasoned artist. Social consciousness permeated Baruch's themes centered around women, children, youth, and race, as evidenced by her most famous projects, such as The Black Panthers, Haight-Ashbury, and Walnut Grove, as well as her lesser-known works like Renaissance Faire, Zoo, and Children, They Grow in the City. In addition to Pirkle Jones' contributions to the Black Panther series of photographs, included here is his collaboration with Dorothea Lange, the photographic series, Death of a Valley.

Subject:

Black power, Civil rights demonstrations, Jones, Pirkle, 1914-2009, Black Panther Party, and Trinity Episcopal Church

Call Number:

MS 20 and Box 467, Folder 6902