Willa Kitty" Chandler, Pittsburgh's first black meter maid"

ca. 1957-1973

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Willa Kitty" Chandler, Pittsburgh's first black meter maid"
  • Title
  • Willa Kitty" Chandler, Pittsburgh's first black meter maid"
  • Creator
  • Harris, Charles Teenie
  • Date
  • ca. 1957-1973
  • Identifier
  • 1996.90.17
  • Source Identifier
  • Carnegie Museum of Art 1996.90.17
  • Description
  • A portrait of Willa Kitty" Chandler, the first African American meter maid police officer in the city of Pittsburgh, standing beside a parking meter. She is wearing plaid suit with a skirt, a badge on her left shoulder, a hat with official seal, and white gloves. The car in the background is probably a 1964 Ford Galaxie."
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Parking enforcement agents--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Women--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    African Americans--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Chandler, Willa.
    Portraits--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Teenie Harris Photograph Collection, 1920-1970
  • Contributor
  • Carnegie Museum of Art
  • Collection
  • Teenie Harris Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • In Copyright. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).. Rights Holder: Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
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  • Rights Holder
  • Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh