Photograph of five female performers and one male performer
date: label: Date
content: 1933-1950
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Laura Cathrell, 1914 - 1999
label: Subject of
content: Birdie Warfield Edison, American
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of five female performers and one male performer in costume. Laura Cathrell is centrally depicted, with the male performer standing behind her and two female performers kneeling on either side of her. Laura Cathrell is depicted standing with her body facing the left edge of the photograph and her head turned towards the viewer. Her knees are bent and she is resting her proper left hand on her proper left knee. Her proper right hand rests on her proper right hip. She is wearing a satiny dress with short sleeves, a “V” neck, a knee-length skirt with two large ruffles at the waist, ballet slippers, and a polka dot headdress with large, fabric flowers gathered along the proper left side of her face. The male performer is wearing a black shirt, satiny pants with sequins at the pant cuffs, and a matching satiny beret. Birdie Warfield Edison is the performer on the far left of the image. She and another female performer are kneeling on their proper left knees with their proper right knees bent and placed directly over their ankles. Their hands are raised, and their hands and torsos are turned slightly towards Cathrell. The women on the right side image are posed in a mirror image of the women on the left. All of the female performers, except for Cathrell, are wearing identical costumes that include short sleeve dresses made from striped fabric. The dresses have wide collars embellished with sequins, black buttons down the front of the dress, and skirts that are short in front and long in the back. They are also wearing half hats with feathers extending over the brims. In the background is a drum and microphone stand on the left and a bar and tables covered with white tablecloths on the right. There are no inscriptions on the front or back of the photograph.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Theatre
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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: 2013.46.25.193
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): 4 9/16 × 6 13/16 in. (11.6 × 17.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 5 1/16 × 6 15/16 in. (12.8 × 17.7 cm)