Photograph of a bridge party
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1950
name: label: Photograph by
content: Alexander L. Adams, American, 1916 - 1993
label: Subject of
content: Grace McKinley Holmes DeLorme, American, 1906 - 1997
label: Subject of
content: Mayme E. McKinley Holmes, American, ca. 1885 - 1969
label: Subject of
content: Gilbert Earle DeLorme Jr., American, born 1945
label: Subject of
content: Louise Holmes Elder, American, 1905 - 1993
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of a bridge party. Forty-nine women, including Grace Delorme, Mayme Holmes, Louise Holmes Elder, and one small boy, Gilbert E. DeLorme Jr., standing behind and seated on folding chairs around folding bridge tables. Gilbert E. Delorme Jr. sits at the center of the photograph in back of the crowd, his mother, Grace Delorme, stands directly to his left and wears a dark dress. His grandmother, Mayme Holmes sits directly in front and slightly to the right of Gilbert E. Delorme Jr. Mayme Holmes wears a light colored hat and a necklace. Embossed stamp on the bottom right corner of the front identifies the photographer. A handwritten note in blue ink on the back identifies the subjects and date.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Amusements
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Social life and customs
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 Margaret Falkener DeLorme, Waldo C. Falkener, Cameron S. Falkener and Gilbert E. DeLorme
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.94.37
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: 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 (Sheet): 8 1/8 × 9 15/16 in. (20.6 × 25.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 7 5/8 × 9 7/16 in. (19.4 × 24 cm)