Photograph of the senior officers of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1950
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Eugene Marcus Martin, American, 1888 - 1969
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Fred Armon Toomer, American, 1889 - 1961
label: Subject of
content: Gilbert E. DeLorme Sr., American, 1903 - 1975
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Henry Leon Lang, American, 1900 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Norris Bumstead Herndon, American, 1897 - 1977
label: Subject of
content: Atlanta Life Insurance Company, American, founded 1905
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of the senior officers of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company taken at the home of Norris B. Herndon, Atlanta, GA. The photograph is of six men seated around a small card table. Most of the men in the photograph are smoking. Seated on the far left of the photograph is Eugene Martin wearing a white collared shirt with rolled up shirtsleeves, light colored pants and a dark tie. Seated center, left is Fred Armon Toomer, wearing a white shirt and glasses. In the center of the photograph is Gilbert DeLorme, Sr., wearing a white collared shirt with rolled up shirtsleeves, light colored pants, a medium colored patterned tie and glasses. Seated center, right is Dr. Henry Lang, wearing a light collared shirt with rolled up shirtsleeves, light colored pants, a light colored tie and glasses. Norris Herdon is seated on the far right of the photograph with his back to the camera. He is wearing a light collared shirt and light colored pants. There are four brick columns visible in the background. Three of the columns have white capitals with floral-motifs. On top of the card table are three glass ashtrays, a pack of cigarettes and matches. A handwritten note on the back in blue ink identifies the subjects and location.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Business
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, Gift of Margaret Falkener DeLorme, Waldo C. Falkener, Cameron S. Falkener and Gilbert E. DeLorme
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.94.45
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
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
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 8 1/8 × 9 15/16 in. (20.7 × 25.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 7 13/16 × 9 7/16 in. (19.9 × 24 cm)