Photograph of Lucile Blanche Pennington
date: label: Date
content: late 19th-early 20th century
name: label: Photograph by
content: Staley Bros., American, 1887 - 1931
label: Subject of
content: Lucile Blanche Pennington
label: Owned by
content: Dr. Arthur Melvin Townsend Sr., American, 1875 - 1959
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of the baby Lucile Blanche Pennington taken by the Staley Bros. in Winchester, Tennessee. The baby is sitting in a floral chair and is covered in a large, stripped blanket or scarf while wearing a dark color wide off-the-shoulder neckline. The photograph is backed with cardboard that has serrated edges. On back at top, the name of the sitter in pencil [Lucile Blanche / Pennington].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Photography
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.36.122
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: photographs
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 4 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (11.1 x 8.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 3 7/8 × 2 5/8 in. (9.8 × 6.7 cm)