Photograph of Alice Key in a bathtub
date: label: Date
content: 1937
name: label: Photograph by
content: Hughey J. Battelle
label: Subject of
content: Alice Key, American, 1911 - 2010
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Alice Key. Key is depicted nude, seated in a white bathtub. Her body is depicted in three-quarters profile with her head turned towards the viewer. Her proper left arm is draped over her chest and her hand rests on her proper right shoulder. The shower curtain is decorated with rows of diagonal tulips above zig zag design elements. The curtain is open and pushed toward the right edge of the image. In the foreground, are a white sink on the right and a thin tripod on the left. In the background, are a white tiled wall and a window with the shades drawn down. On the wall of the bathtub is a handwritten inscription in black ink that reads, [proof]. In the center of the top border of the photograph is a second inscription in black ink that reads, [#-6]. In the center of the bottom border of the photograph is a third inscription in pencil that reads, [4 3/4 x 5 3/4]. There is an inscription on the back of the photograph, written in pencil that reads, [American photo Blow up / the figure only], and two additional notations in pencil.
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: Dance
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Photography
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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: 2013.46.25.169
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): 7 1/16 × 9 in. (17.9 × 22.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 7 15/16 × 9 7/8 in. (20.1 × 25.1 cm)