Photographic print of Ethel Waters as Carmen
date: label: Date
content: April 30, 1934
name: label: Created by
content: Carl Van Vechten, American, 1880 - 1964
label: Subject of
content: Ethel Waters, American, 1896 - 1977
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Ethel Waters set against a floral background. She wears a dark-colored head covering and large earrings. With one hand, she holds a floral-printed fan in front of her to partially obscure her mouth and the lower part of her face. On the reverse is a handwritten inscription in graphite reading [Ethel Waters / By Carl Van Vechten], with a photographer's stamp in the bottom left corner.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Musical Theatre
label: Topic
content: Opera (Music)
label: Topic
content: Photography
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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: 2010.42.4
objectType: label: Type
content: black-and-white photographs
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 paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 9 1/2 × 6 5/16 in. (24.1 × 16 cm)