Photograph of Lee Simmons seated at a typewriter
date: label: Date
content: 1937
name: label: Photograph by
content: Hughey J. Battelle
label: Subject of
content: Lee Simmons
label: Created by
content: Alice Key, American, 1911 - 2010
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Lee Simmons. Simmons is depicted seated at a small wooden desk with a typewriter. She is looking over her proper left shoulder towards the viewer, with her proper left elbow resting on the back of the chair, and her proper right arm resting on the desk in front of her, next to the typewriter. She is wearing a white, short sleeve, collared dress with a matching belt at the waist. On the desk, next to the typewriter, is an ashtray and a small stack of books. There are additional books and paper stacks on the two (2) shelves below. In the foreground is the edge of a bed. Behind the desk is a large window with drawn drapes and lowered blinds. On the far right is a four (4) drawer bureau with three (3) perfume bottles resting on top. There are no inscriptions on the front or back of the photograph.
place: label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.46.25.197
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 4 7/16 × 6 1/2 in. (11.3 × 16.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 4 7/8 × 6 7/8 in. (12.4 × 17.5 cm)