Photographic postcard of boxer Emma Maitland
date: label: Date
content: late 1920s; printed later
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Emma Maitland, American, 1893 - 1975
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print on postcard of boxer Emma Maitland training with a punching bag. Maitland wears boxing shorts, a halter top, boxing gloves, white socks, and boxing shoes. She has a headband with a bow in her hair. The punching bag hangs from chains in a training space with wood floors. The back of the photograph has several stray ink marks in red and blue. Printed on back at top left is [PHOTO POST CARD]. The postcard has not been addressed or mailed.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Boxing
label: Topic
content: Sports
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.63.108.1
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: photographic postcards
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 4 11/16 × 3 7/16 in. (11.9 × 8.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 53 15/16 × 3 7/16 in. (137 × 8.7 cm)