Photograph of Elma Greer
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1915
name: label: Photograph by
content: Lay Brothers Photography, American, 1911 - 1928
label: Subject of
content: Elma Greer
label: Owned by
content: Dr. Arthur Melvin Townsend Sr., American, 1875 - 1959
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white card photograph of Elma Greer taken by Lay Brothers Photography in Nashville, Tennessee. Greer is captured from the waist up and facing to the left. She is wearing a light color shirt or dress with a thin necklace and her hair is short. The photograph has an oval mat frame and backing. The front, bottom right corner is stamped with [Lay / NASHVILLE, TENN.]. On the back, the sitter's name at center in pencil.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Women
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: 2011.36.153
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 on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10 5/8 x 6 3/8 in. (27 x 16.2 cm)