Half-portrait photograph of Patricia Grace Murphy
date: label: Date
content: late 1980s
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 photograph portrait of Delta Air Lines' first African American flight attendant, Patricia Grace Murphy.
label: Description
content: Captured in studio, Patricia Grace Murphy poses with her long dark hair pinned back, wearing square earrings, a dark blazer, white collared shirt, dark vest, and striped necktie. On the reverse of the photograph in black ink is an inscription that reads: [PATRICIA MURPHY / 1ST BLACK DELTA / FLIGHT ATTENDANT / PATRICIA GRACE MURPHY LATE 1980’S].
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: Business
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Transportation
label: Topic
content: Travel
label: Topic
content: Women
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 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: 2018.50.24.4
objectType: label: Type
content: black-and-white photographs
label: Type
content: photographs
label: Type
content: portraits
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 (image): 6 5/8 × 4 9/16 in. (16.9 × 11.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 6 15/16 × 5 in. (17.7 × 12.7 cm)