Graduation portrait photograph of stewardess Patricia Grace Murphy
date: label: Date
content: 1966; printed 2014
name: label: Photograph by
content: Delta Air Lines, American, founded 1925
label: Subject of
content: Patricia Grace Murphy, American
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white, full-length portrait photograph of Delta Air Lines' first African American stewardess, Patricia Grace Murphy, upon her graduation from stewardess training in August 1966.
label: Description
content: Captured in front of a drawn curtain, Patricia Grace Murphy poses standing on a checkered floor. Her dark hair is pinned up below her cap and she wears a skirt suit uniform. On the reverse of the photograph in black ink is text that reads: [99050167422956-wod-0.jpg ½ / Walgreens 07394 <> 01/14/14]
place: label: Place captured
content: United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Aeronautics
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Transportation
label: Topic
content: Travel
label: Topic
content: Women
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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 Casey Grant in honor of Patricia Banks Edmiston, Patricia Grace Murphy and Eugene Harmond
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.50.24.2
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: inkjet 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: ink on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm)