Photograph of six people socializing on the lawn of the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: 1940-1959
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of six people socializing on the lawn of the Rock Rest Tourist Home. Five women and one man are seated in chairs arranged in a semi-circle. The two women on the far-left side of the image are sitting in front of an open, striped, lawn umbrella with fringe. The woman on the far left is seated on a wooden, spindle back chair. Her legs are crossed, and she is looking down at a magazine in her lap. She is wearing a light-toned dress and a shrug. Next to her is a woman in a vertical kneeling position, with one upraised knee. She kneels behind an Adirondack chair and rests her proper left hand on the armrest and her proper right hand on her grounded leg. She is wearing a light-toned patterned dress. At the center of the image is a woman partially reclined in an Adirondack chair. She cradles the side of her face with her proper right hand with her elbow propped on the armrest. She is wearing a dark-toned skirt and a white, short sleeve blouse. Next to her is a man wearing medium-toned pants and a white collared shirt. He is seated, leaning slightly forward, with his proper right elbow resting on his proper right knee and both hands resting on his proper left leg. Next to him, is a woman in a straight back, wooden rocking chair. She is depicted in three-quarters profile, looking towards the left edge of the photograph. She wears a dark-toned dress and strapped shoes. On the far right is a woman seated in a straight back wooden chair. She is wearing a collared, short sleeve, light-toned dress and rests both of her hands in her lap. In the background is a road, a flagpole flying the American flag, a low stone wall, and a line of trees. The photograph has a white frame with scalloped edges. A repeating embedded pattern on the verso reads [VELOX] and stamped along the bottom right edge is the text [463C].
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place captured
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Amusements
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Rural life
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Social life and customs
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home 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 Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.54.3
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
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): 2 15/16 × 5 1/4 in. (7.5 × 13.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 3 7/16 × 5 13/16 in. (8.8 × 14.8 cm)