Photograph of a Blanche Calloway
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1940
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Blanche Calloway, American, 1904 - 1978
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Blanche Calloway. She is depicted in bust pose, in three-quarters profile, smiling and looking off to the top left edge of the image. Her long hair falls down her back, on the right side of the image. She is wearing a light colored blouse, with her proper left shoulder exposed to the viewer. Behind her is a white-to-grey background. There are pencil marks throughout the back of the image.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
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: 2013.46.25.55
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 5/16 × 7 7/16 in. (23.7 × 18.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 10 1/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.5 × 20.2 cm)