Photograph of Pamela Bridgewater with Nelson Mandela and William L. Swing
date: label: Date
content: 1990
name: label: Photograph by
content: Peter M. Morey, South African
label: Subject of
content: Nelson Mandela, South African, 1918 - 2013
label: Subject of
content: Pamela E. Bridgewater, American, born 1947
label: Subject of
content: William Lacy Swing, American, 1934 - 2021
label: Subject of
content: United States Department of State, American, founded 1789
label: Owned by
content: Pamela E. Bridgewater, American, born 1947
notes: label: Description
content: A framed photograph of then Political Officer with the State Department Pamela E. Bridgewater with then Deputy President of the African National Congress Nelson Mandela and U.S. Ambassador to South Africa William Lacy Swing. The three individuals are captured standing in an interior office space. Swing is on the far right, displaying a document in a folder to Mandela (center) and Bridgewater (left), who both are looking down at the document. Swing is in a dark blue suit, Mandela is in a dark grey suit, and Bridgewater is in a turquoise suit. On the table in front of them are two figural statues, and behind them a flag in the ANC colors of green, black, and yellow is partially visible. In the far background are windows covered in vertical blinds, and an office desk and chair. The photograph is housed in a brown wooden frame.
place: label: Place collected
content: Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Freedom
label: Topic
content: Government
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Prisons
label: Topic
content: Race relations
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, Gift of Pamela E. Bridgewater, United States Ambassador (Retired)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.51.4ab
objectType: label: Type
content: chromogenic color 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: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with wood and glass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (a): 7 7/8 × 11 7/8 in. (20 × 30.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (b): 9 3/16 × 13 3/8 × 11/16 in. (23.4 × 34 × 1.8 cm)