Photograph of Beverly White
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1938
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Distributed by
content: Rockwell-O'Keefe, Inc., American
label: Subject of
content: Beverly White, American
label: Subject of
content: WOR, American
label: Subject of
content: Claude Hopkins, American, 1903 - 1984
label: Subject of
content: Claude Hopkins Orchestra, American, 1930 - 1940
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Beverly White. White is centrally depicted behind a standing microphone. She poses with her arms raised to shoulder level and smiling at the viewer. White wears a long dress with large puffed sleeves that extend to the elbows, decorated with three large flowers attached to her proper left lapel. The microphone stand is to her proper right side and has broadcast letters running down the front at the top, [W / O / R]. The image is bordered in white and along the bottom are two columns of black text. The column on the left side reads, [BEVERLY WHITE / featured with / CLAUDE HOPKINS and His Orchestra]. The column on the right side reads, [Management / ROCKWELL - O'KEEFE Inc. / Radio City, N.Y. Chicago Hollywood, Cal.]. In the lower half, down the center of the image, is an inscription in blue ink that reads, [To / “Little Laura” / my sweet little / friend. She / weighs only about / 50 lbs Ha! Ha! / But she’s twice / that sweet / Luck & Success / Sincerely / Beverly White]. On the back of the image, along the top edge, is an inscription in black ink that reads, [Mrs Mabel Hopkins / 158 W 131st St / Apt 7].
place: label: Place depicted
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Theatre
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2013.46.25.34
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 × 7 7/16 in. (22.9 × 18.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 10 1/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.5 × 20.2 cm)