All photographs are by Charles “Teenie” Harris (American, 1908-1998) and were acquired with the support of the Heinz Family Fund. The photographs in the projections are digitized originals, which range in format from 35mm roll film to 4 x 5 inch sheet film. Harris worked as a photojournalist for publications including Flash magazine and the Pittsburgh Courier. It was standard practice for newspaper journalists and editors to create captions for images, therefore Harris did not title his photographs. As stewards of the Charles “Teenie” Harris Archive, Carnegie Museum of Art has catalogued each of his images with a constructed description that includes names of people, places, or events, which have been verified through archival research or community input when possible.
Charles “Teenie” Harris Archive Video Captions
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Film Descriptions
Film: Tour of HBCUs, Wylie Avenue, Harris Confectionery, Homewood, parade with soldiers, Homestead Grays at Forbes Field, Harris Studio, ca.1940-1945, 16mm film (black-and-white, silent); 37:44 min. 2001.35.71950
Film: Graduates, Harris home, babies, snow, possibly HBCUs, lake or ocean, Woogie’s Apple Street house, ca. 1940-1955, 16mm film (black-and-white and color, silent); 15:26 min. 2001.35.71952
Film: People in street, ice skating, children in wading pool, Elsa Harris, ca. 1940-1955, 16mm film (black-and-white and color, silent); 12:04 min. 2001.35.71954
Film: Crowd at look-out point with smog, parade with marching band, Mulford Street, beach, exterior of Crawford Grill, dogs, Wylie Avenue, Harris confectionery, ca. 1935-1955, 16mm film (black-and-white, silent); 13:05 min. 2001.35.71955
Film: Commercial footage combined with Harris footage of golf tournament, possibly Joe Louis charity tournament, partial “The Comedy Gang in Spilled Milk”, “Babe Ruth”, Louis vs. Schmeling fight, ca. 1940-1950, 16mm film (black-and-white, silent); 10:41 min. 2001.35.71956
Film: Marching bands, trolley, street scenes, woman with baby, Harris confectionery, snow, pets, ca. 1940-1955, 16mm film (black-and-white, silent); 10:04 min. 2001.35.71957
Film: Men’s football game, children on playground, Harris house, Wylie Avenue street scenes, McTurner funeral home, snow, ca. 1940-1955, 16mm film (black-and-white, silent); 13:31 min. 2001.35.71958
Film: Harris confectionery, Jubilee Day revival, parade, soldiers and band on Forbes Field, milk truck, girls in swimming pool, ca. 1940-1955, 16mm film (black-and-white and color, silent); 14:48 min. 2001.35.71959
Film: Hill District street scenes, baseball, Harris home, Flash Studio, beach, Washington DC landmarks, Ship Hotel in Bedford County, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Cathedral of Learning and Pitt, Ella-Rene Beauty School, flood, swimming pool, ca. 1935-1945, 16mm film (black-and-white, silent); 14:36 min. 2001.35.71960