Photographic print from the Broadway production of "for colored girls..."
date: label: Date
content: 1977-1978
name: label: Photograph by
content: Martha Swope, American
label: Subject of
content: Roxanne Reese
label: Subject of
content: Sharita Mae Hunt
label: Subject of
content: Jonette O'Kelley Miller, American
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of Jonette O’Kelley Miller, performing as the Lady in Green. She is standing with her right leg pointing away from her body, her left hand raised by her head and her right hand resting on her chest. The photograph was taking during the Broadway production of for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf. This photograph is glued to mounting paper; another photograph from the production is on the reverse side.
place: label: Place captured
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Broadway Theatre
label: Topic
content: Feminism
label: Topic
content: Modern dance
label: Topic
content: Poetry
label: Topic
content: Women
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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 from the collection of Earl S. and Jonette O. Miller
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.53.2
objectType: label: Type
content: photographs
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Photo by Martha Swope/ ©The New York Public Library
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. 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 5/16 × 7 9/16 in. (23.7 × 19.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (mounting paper): 13 5/16 × 10 3/16 in. (33.8 × 25.9 cm)