Photograph of Edith Nicolls
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th century
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Edith Nicolls, American, 1914 - 2009
notes: label: Caption
content: Edith Gloria Harris was born in 1914 in Baltimore, MD. She married Vernon O. Nicolls on 20 April 1941 in New York, NY. A year later, on 30 April 1942, Vernon enlisted as a Private in the Army at Fort Jay on Governor's Island during World War II. After graduating from Officer Candidate School, Lieutenant Nicolls served in Italy with the 758th Tank Battalion, the Army's first African American armored unit. After the war, Vernon and Edith lived in the Bronx, NY, before eventually moving to Baltimore.
label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Edith Nicolls, wife of Lt. Vernon O. Nicolls, standing in front of a brick house beneath a window. Another window is partially visible on the right and a glass door is partially visible on the left of the couple. Edith Nicolls is pictured facing the viewer with her eyes closed. She is wearing a light colored overcoat and dark shoes. There is an inscription in pencil on the verso that reads, [16] on the top left corner of the photograph.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Families
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, Gift of Kay L. Nicolls
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.142.9
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: gelatin silver print
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: L x W (Sheet): 3 9/16 × 3 9/16 in. (9 × 9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (Image): 3 1/16 × 3 1/16 in. (7.7 × 7.7 cm)