Photograph of Cpl. Lawrence Leslie McVey
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1915
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Cpl. Lawrence Leslie McVey, Sr., American, 1897 - 1968
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Corporal Lawrence Leslie McVey in a brown holder. The brown tri-fold holder folds over the middle section on both sides with an embossed cameo of a woman on the right outer panel. The woman's portrait is facing right and surrounded by an outer circle with roses. The middle panel has an additional layer of brown paper with a scalloped edge. The photograph of McVey is adhered underneath the brown paper with a brown border. McVey is seated, wearing a suit and bowtie with his legs crossed and his hands resting on his knee. Underneath the photograph is the photographer's mark embossed, [White / Galveston, Tex.]. The back is blank.
place: label: Place made
content: Galveston, Texas, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: World War I
setName: label: See more items in
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 Gina R. McVey, Granddaughter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.108.15
objectType: label: Type
content: photographs
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with paper
label: Dimensions
content: unfolded: 8 5/16 x 8 1/8 in. (21.1 x 20.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: folded: 8 5/16 x 3 3/8 in. (21.1 x 8.6 cm)