Photograph of Laura Cathrell, a man, and two women at a party
date: label: Date
content: 1950-1965
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Laura Cathrell, 1914 - 1999
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 Laura Cathrell, a man, and two (2) women at a party. The four (4) are seated on a bed with a white, metal, bar headboard. On either side of the headboard are matching polka dot curtains. Cathrell is depicted on the far right. She is sitting on the man’s lap and has her proper right hand resting on the man’s neck and her proper right hand resting in her lap. She is wearing a light colored, three-quarter length sleeve blouse, with a dark toned skirt. Her hair is pulled back into a low pony tail. The man is wearing a medium toned, pinstriped suit, collared shirt, and a black tie. He is smiling and holding a metal pipe in his proper right hand. The woman to his left is wearing a dark jacket with three-quarter sleeves and zippered front. She is also wearing white capri pants with stripes. She is seated cross-legged on the bed with her proper left hand resting on the man’s proper right shoulder. The woman on the far left is wearing light toned pants and a short sleeve shirt, patterned with hearts, spades, diamonds, clubs, jacks, kings and queens. There are no inscriptions on the front or back of the photograph.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Amusements
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Social life and customs
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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: 2013.46.25.210
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 and sheet): 4 7/16 × 6 3/4 in. (11.2 × 17.2 cm)