Print of Leon and Brevy Lillie posing in front of a backdrop
date: label: Date
content: 1919-1925; printed 2012
name: label: Photograph by
content: John Johnson, American, 1879 - 1953
label: Subject of
content: Leon Lillie, American
label: Subject of
content: Brevy Lillie, American
label: Printed by
content: Douglas R. Keister, American
notes: label: Description
content: A digital print of Leon and Brevy Lillie in Lincoln, Nebraska. Leon sits on a chair and wears a dark striped jacket and tall hat. A pocketwatch chain hangs across the front of his jacket. Brevy stands just behing Leon and wears a dakr dress, striped scarf, and large pendant. They are posed in front of a cloth backdrop hung on the outside wall of a building.
place: label: Place captured
content: Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Photography
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.56.2.26
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: digital prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Douglas Keister
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm)