Photograph of The Merry Matrons Club
date: label: Date
content: 1914
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Caption
content: During World War I, African American women were instrumental and influential through their participation in women’s clubs. Pictured here are women in the Merry Matrons Club in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1914.
label: Description
content: Black and white group portrait photograph of The Merry Matrons Club, organized in Honolulu, Hawaii during WWI. The portrait depicts eight (8) women standing behind five (5) women seated in chairs. Most of the women wear light colored shirts with long skirts. The woman pictured in the first row second from right, identified as Estella Vick, wears dark colored clothing. The photograph was captured outdoors, with trees visible in the background. Adhered to the reverse is white paper printed with black text reading [The Merry Matrons Club Organized in Honolulu in 1914 / L-R / Back Row: Overby, Garlick, Ousley, Prelou, Davis, Arter, Page, and Brown. / Front row: King, Barnes, Johnson, Estella Vick, and Carruthers / I only have the full name for Mrs. Estella Vick and the last names for the other women in this picture.].
place: label: Cultural Place
content: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Societies
label: Topic
content: Women
label: Topic
content: Women's organizations
label: Topic
content: World War I
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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 Jackie Bryant Smith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.66.77
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
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: 5 × 6 5/16 in. (12.7 × 16 cm)