Gelatin silver print of a line of guests arriving behind a velvet rope
date: label: Date
content: 1935-1939
name: label: Photograph by
content: Martin Harris
label: Subject of
content: Federal Theatre Project, American, 1935 - 1939
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photo of guests arriving to an unidentified theatre.
label: Description
content: The image depicts a line of people in coats and hats arriving through an open doorway into the lobby of theatre. At the center of the image, the first guest in the line is beginning to walk through an aisle formed of velvet ropes on brass poles along either side. She is dressed in a dark colored skirt and matching jacket with fur stole, a light colored hat, and a dark colored leather pocketbook tucked into the crook of her arm. Behind her is another woman with dark floral print dress, light-colored coat, dark-colored hat, followed by several men and women also in hats. On the far side of the velvet ropes is a man in a dark-colored suit, his proper right hand resting on the rope and his face turned away from the camera and towards the crowd entering through the doors. On the near side of the velvet ropes is a ticket stand, with only the hand of the ticket taker visible at very left edge of the image. The building lobby has marble paneling halfway up the walls, with the top half of walls featuring framed photographs against a dark background.
label: Description
content: On the verso, in the center is a stamp in red ink reading [PLEASE CREDIT / WPA FEDERAL THEATRE PHOTOS] with [BY MARTIN HARRIS] added in handwritten graphite. At the bottom center is another stamp in red ink reading [PROPERTY OF PLAY BUREAU / RETURN TO PRODUCTION FILE].
place: label: Place captured
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Theatre
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.97.38.29
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic gelatin
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10 1/16 × 8 in. (25.6 × 20.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (24.1 × 19.1 cm)