Black-and-white photographic prints depicting people and groups relating to health care activism, and include images of adults, older adults and children receiving medical and dental examinations and care, healthcare workers, and groups of children in classrooms and other educational spaces. A small number feature demonstrations, protests and marches. Most photographs were taken in the greater Philadelphia area, and organizations represented include: Jefferson Health, Planned Parenthood, Children and Youth Services of Delaware County, Calcutta House, Golden Slipper Center for Seniors, Community Medical & Dental Center, Inc., Camden Eye Center, and Power Point. Harvey Finkle (born March 28, 1934) is a self-taught documentary still photographer and photojournalist who has documented social, economic, cultural, and political issues across the city of Philadelphia, the United States, and the world. Finkle's work largely focuses on activism relating to historically underrepresented communities, including people living on low income, unhoused/unsheltered/houseless people/people experiencing homelessness, refugees, immigrants, and disabled people.
The contents of the "Harvey Finkle photographs," an archival collection of photographic material created by Harvey Finkle, of which this volume of digitized images is a part, is held at the University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts and is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.
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All photographs taken by Harvey Finkle. The front and back of each black-and-white photographic print has been scanned. In some cases, pertinent information is written or inscribed on the back of the prints that is not reflected in the description of this volume of photographs.
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