About This Item


  • Call NumberOSOS_0035
  • SummarySnapshot of Wilda Smith (left) and Carmelle Milleret (née) Smith (right), two young Haitian American women standing on either side of a television set in an apartment in Flatbush; Wilda Smith with bare midriff, Carmelle Milleret Smith with sleeveless blouse; both wearing slacks; flowers and framed pictures on top of television set; tapestry print of peacocks on wall behind them.
  • Date[1972]
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, TIFF, color
  • CollectionOur Streets, Our Stories collection
  • Cite AsOur Streets, Our Stories collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Digital Public Library of AmericaThis item is represented in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Formatstill image
  • Genredigital imagessnapshots
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Date supplied by donor. Original photograph (dimensions unknown) digitized on Aug. 29, 2015 as a TIFF. Donated for capture by Farrah Lafontant at New Lots Library. Collected through the Our Streets, Our Stories community heritage project, a part of the Culture in Transit grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's Knight News Challenge.
  • SubjectHaitian Americans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Women, Black -- New York (State) -- New York ; Televisions -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is covered by a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 license. Users are free to share and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes as long as appropriate credit is given to the source and new material created with this work is shared under the same conditions.
  • TitleWilda Smith and Carmelle Milleret (née Smith)