<I>Laverne Davis - 1995</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1995; printed 2014
name: label: Photograph by
content: Don Thompson, American
label: Subject of
content: LaVerne L. Davis, American, 1904 - 2010
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white gelatin silver print portrait of Laverne Davis, survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Davis is depicted sitting at a wooden desk with her legs crossed and her hands in her lap, in profile view to the camera. She wears a floral print blouse, a white skirt and white shoes. On the center of the desk is a large lamp, surrounded by a few papers, books, and small decorative objects. An adhesive label on the verso has the photographer's printed name and contact information as well as [Lavern Davis - 1995] in bold italicized text and the photographer's signature [Don Thompson 2014] in graphite.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Tulsa Race Massacre
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 the photographer, Don Thompson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.206.4
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Don Thompson
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. 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: 13 7/8 × 10 7/8 in. (35.3 × 27.6 cm)