Photograph portrait of a woman wearing a picture hat
date: label: Date
content: early 20th century
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A sepia tone photograph of an unidentified standing woman wearing a picture hat. The photograph is in portrait orientation. The woman is depicted from the thighs up. She is standing with her body turned slightly towards the right edge of the image and her face turned towards the viewer. Her arms and folded and resting behind her back and she wears a half smile on her face. She is wearing a medium tone suit with a long skirt and a matching double breasted jacket with wide, black lapels. At the bottom of the right lapel is an embroidered closure. She is also wearing a light tone, lace blouse with a high neck and a wide brimmed wide band picture hat embellished with flowers. The woman is shown against a white photographic backdrop. The image is feathered with white edges along the bottom. The image has browned along the bottom edge. There are small losses along the top and bottom left corners, at the top right corner, and along the bottom left and top center edges. There are also two pin holes at the bottom center. The back is plain and cream colored.
place: label: Place captured
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of James M. Baxter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.13.16
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 4 7/16 × 2 1/16 in. (11.2 × 5.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 5 × 2 1/2 in. (12.7 × 6.3 cm)