Photograph of Mary Tillman
date: label: Date
content: April 9, 1937
name: label: Photograph by
content: Young Studio, American
label: Subject of
content: Mary Tillman
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of contortionist Mary Tillman. Tillman is depicted from shoulders up against a black background. Her back is to the camera. She is looking over her proper left shoulder towards the viewer and she is smiling. She is depicted nude and wearing large, metal hoop earrings. There is an inscription in black ink on the bottom left corner of the photograph that reads, [To Sally, A Swell / Lady. Theres[?] Luck / to go around[?] our / friendship. / Sincerely / Mary Tillman]. To the left of Tillman’s signature is date, handwritten in black ink, [April / 9th / 1937]. The photographer's mark, printed in the negative in the bottom left corner reads, [YOUNG / ST. LOUIS]. There is a pen mark in black ink on the back of the photograph.
place: label: Place made
content: Saint Louis, Missouri, 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: 2013.46.25.153
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 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (24.1 × 19.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 9 13/16 × 7 13/16 in. (24.9 × 19.8 cm)