Photograph of Velma Middleton
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1942
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Velma Middleton, American, 1917 - 1961
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Velma Middleton. Middleton is depicted wearing a white shirt with ruffled collar and button-front sleeveless dress. A metal brooch is pinned over her proper left shoulder, next to letters embroidered on the shoulder of the dress. She is holding a piece of paper in her proper right hand, and her proper left hand dangles by her side. She has a small watch is on her proper left wrist. Middleton has signed the front of the image in blue ink in the bottom right corner: [Love to / My Sis. / I'se A Muggin / Velma]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the image.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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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: 2013.46.25.25
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): 9 1/4 × 7 3/8 in. (23.5 × 18.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 9 3/4 × 7 15/16 in. (24.8 × 20.2 cm)