Photograph of a female performer, Jean, in costume
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1945
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a female performer in costume. The woman is depicted standing against a white wall, smiling, and tilting her head towards the right side of the image. She is standing with her arms akimbo, with the back of her hands resting on her waist, and with her proper right leg bent at the knee and held forward. She is wearing a light colored, satiny dress costume with a deep V neckline, wide collar, and two (2) buttons at the center of the waist. She also has a bouffant up-do and is wearing a small, matching hat sitting slight askew. There is an inscription in blue ink on the right side of the photograph, that reads, [To “Princess” / From / “Jean”]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the photograph.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Theatre
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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: 2013.46.25.149
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): 8 3/4 × 7 3/8 in. (22.3 × 18.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 10 3/16 × 8 1/16 in. (25.9 × 20.4 cm)