Photograph of Ivie Anderson
date: label: Date
content: 1936
name: label: Photograph by
content: Maurice Seymour Studio, American, founded 1929
label: Subject of
content: Ivie Anderson, American, 1905 - 1949
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Ivie Anderson. Anderson is depicted from the shoulders up, against a white background. She is depicted in profile, at a diagonal angle. Her head turned towards the viewer but she is looking towards the upper right side of the image. Anderson is wearing a sleeveless, white garment with a ruffled collar and a dark bow tie. Her hair is pulled back. The photographer's mark, printed in the negative, in the bottom left corner reads, [Maurice / CHICAGO]. In the bottom left corner of the image is a handwritten inscription in black ink that reads, [Sally – Best Always / Ivie]. There are also additional pencil notations written on the back of the photograph.
place: label: Place made
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
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: 2013.46.25.179
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): 9 3/8 × 7 1/2 in. (23.8 × 19 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.2 × 20.2 cm)