<I>Denise McNair’s Dress</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2010; printed 2019
name: label: Photograph by
content: Platon, British, born 1968
label: Subject of
content: Denise McNair, American, 1951 - 1963
label: Subject of
content: 16th Street Baptist Church, American, founded 1873
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Carol Denise McNair’s dress, by Platon. The child sized dress was owned by McNair, one of the four girls killed during the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing in Birmingham, Alabama that took place on September 15, 1963. The light tone, knee length dress has puffed, three quarters length sleeves with gathered cuffs edged in lace. The dress is also gathered at the waist and embellished with a row of embroidered daisies. The dress has a short round neckline with a lace frill and a plain hemline. The background of the photograph is solid black. The photograph has a thick white border. The edition number, [5/12], is printed in the bottom left corner. The photographer’s signature and date, [Platon 19], is handwritten in the bottom right corner. Inside the border, at the bottom center, is the photographer’s embossed mark: [PLATON ? / EDITIONED ? / PRINT ?[encircled between two bands of embossed dots]]. The back of the photograph is plain and white.
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place captured
content: Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Photograph of a dress worn by Denise McNair
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Baptist
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Hate crimes
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Violence
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Platon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.33.18
objectType: label: Type
content: pigment prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Platon
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: pigment on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 19 3/4 × 15 1/16 in. (50.1 × 38.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (matted): 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)