Printing plate of Mildred Smith and Alfred Drake in Beggar's Holiday
date: label: Date
content: 1947
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Mildred Smith
label: Subject of
content: Alfred Drake, American, 1914 - 1992
label: Used by
content: The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
notes: label: Description
content: A printing plate of Mildred Smith (right) and Alfred Drake (left) acting in the Duke Ellington and John La Touche production of "Beggar's Holiday." Smith is featured sitting holding a match in her proper left hand up to a cigarette in Drake's mouth. Drake is standing with his proper left foot on a bench and leans down towards Smith's raised hand. The back of the plate has several inscriptions written in black in that read [50,54 - B / Drake and Smith / Stage].
place: label: Place made
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Broadway Theatre
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Musical Theatre
label: Topic
content: Technology
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
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 the Chicago Defender Publishing Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.18.5.88
objectType: label: Type
content: printing plates
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Chicago Defender Publishing Company
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on zinc
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 5 9/16 × 3 7/8 × 1/16 in. (14.1 × 9.8 × 0.2 cm)