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Title
Homeless woman shaving another homeless person's head, Union Rescue Mission, Los Angeles, 1996
Creator
Berndt, Jerry
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1996
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
Jerry Berndt Collection
Rights Information
Berndt, Jerry
Private collections
The Jerry Berndt Estate, Nils Grossien, managing director; email: ngrossien@mac.com ; phone: +49.176.96974098 (Germany); web: www.jerryberndt-estate.com/koken
ngrossien@mac.com
Description
Photograph of homeless woman shaving another homeless person's head, Union Rescue Mission, Los Angeles, 1996. Taken through the bars of a fence. A homeless woman carefully shaves the hair of another homeless person, who is wearing a plastic cape to keep the hair off their clothes. Another homeless man walks by in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
berndt-m516
berndt-soul-la44-6-1996
http://doi.org/10.25549/berndt-m516
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/berndt-soul-la44-6-1996.jpg
Subject
Homeless women
Haircutting
Union Rescue Mission (Los Angeles)
Time Period
circa 1996
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
religious facilities: Union Rescue Mission
Source
Private collection [Contributing entity]
photo no: soul-la44-6 [Identifying Number]
Relation
Jerry Berndt Collection
Soul of Los Angeles Collection
berndt-m452

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