Headshot of Hattie McDaniel as "Mammy" from Gone with the Wind
date: label: Date
content: 1939
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Distributed by
content: Selznick International Pictures, American, 1935 - 1943
label: Subject of
content: Hattie McDaniel, American, 1895 - 1952
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph headshot of actress Hattie McDaniels in costume as her character role "Mammy" in the motion picture Gone With the Wind. McDaniels is depicted in three-quarters profile view from the shoulders up, wearing one light-colored kerchief tied around her head and another around her neck. She also wears small earrings, which slightly out of focus. She looks straight ahead, unsmiling, with a slightly furrowed brow. There are no marks or inscriptions, front or back.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Hollywood (Film)
label: Topic
content: Stereotypes
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
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: 2014.270.1.2
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
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
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)