Photograph of Sandy Burns, George Wiltshire, and Dusty Fletcher
date: label: Date
content: 1936
name: label: Photograph by
content: Mittoo Photo Studio, American
label: Subject of
content: Dusty Fletcher, American, 1900 - 1954
label: Subject of
content: Sandy Burns, American
label: Subject of
content: George Wiltshire, American, 1901 - 1976
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Sandy Burns, George Wiltshire, and Dusty Fletcher in costume. All three stand in front of a light colored curtain. Fletcher, the man on the far left side, has his proper left leg raised to the shoulder of the man standing in the middle. He also has his proper right arm raised, fist clenched and captured mid-punch. His proper left arm is resting on his raised leg. He wears a matching patterned jacket and vest, dark bowler hat, dark tie, and dark pants. Wiltshire is depicted in the center, standing in profile, facing Fletcher. He points with his proper left hand down toward a pile of money on the floor. He is wearing a dark pinstripe suit with a straw boater hat with a black band around the crown. Burns, depicted on the right is wearing a light colored suit, white shirt, patterned tie, and a bowler hat. He is wearing blackface makeup. His proper left hand is held in a fist and is raised to waist-level. He is looking Fletcher on the far left. The photographer's mark, printed in the negative, is located between Fletcher’s and Wiltshire’s feet and reads, [Mittoo / Studio]. There are several notations in pencil 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: Actors
label: Topic
content: Blackface
label: Topic
content: Comedy
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Vaudeville
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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: 2013.46.25.93
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): 13 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (33.7 × 26.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 13 7/8 × 11 in. (35.2 × 28 cm)