Photograph of six people standing at a tailor shop’s front counter
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1945
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of six (6) people standing at a tailor shop’s front counter. The two (2) men and two (2) of the women are standing behind the front counter. The man depicted on the left is standing behind a cash register. He is wearing a collared shirt and striped pants. He has a measuring tape draped over his shoulders. The man on the far right is standing in front of a rack of clothes. He is wearing a dark, button down shirt. Two (2) women stand between the men behind the counter. The woman on the left is wearing a white, short sleeve blouse. She is resting her proper left arm and proper right hand on the counter in front of her. The woman to her right is wearing a short sleeve, diagonally striped blouse. There is a paper wrapped package on the counter in front of her. There are two (2) additional women standing in front of the counter on the far left and the far right. Both women are wearing light colored skirts, dark knee length coats, and hold leather handbags. In the background are racks of clothes. Above the counter is a white lattice above venetian blinds that have been raised. There are no inscriptions on the front or back of the photograph.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Photography
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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: 2013.46.25.195
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
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): 4 7/16 × 6 5/16 in. (11.2 × 16 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 4 15/16 × 6 15/16 in. (12.6 × 17.6 cm)