Photograph of a woman, Birtie
date: label: Date
content: early 20th-mid 20th century
name: label: Photograph by
content: James J. Kriegsmann, 1909 - 1994
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a woman. The woman is depicted from the knees up. She is standing in deep shadow against a black background. She is depicted, facing the viewer, with her head slightly turned and looking towards the bottom right corner of the image. She is nude and is holding a bouquet of flowers to her chest. A piece of fabric is piled on the floor in the lower left corner of the image. An inscription in white ink, written in the top left corner of the image reads, [To Sally / keep on going up / Your friend / Birtie]. The photographer's mark, printed in the negative, located in the bottom right corner reads, [James J. Kriegsmann / N.Y.]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the photograph.
place: label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine 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: 2013.46.25.141
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
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: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 9 7/16 × 7 1/2 in. (23.9 × 19 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 10 × 8 1/16 in. (25.4 × 20.4 cm)