Photograph of Laura Cathrell
date: label: Date
content: October 14, 1938
name: label: Photograph by
content: Harry Rossner
label: Subject of
content: Laura Cathrell, 1914 - 1999
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Laura Cathrell in costume. Cathrell is centrally depicted performing on a stage with several female performers around her. Cathrell is wearing a light colored dress with ruffled short sleeves and a short, tiered, ruffled skirt. She is standing in front of a microphone. Her proper left arm is bent and her fingers are curled downwards. Two (2) female performers are wearing identical costumes that include white, short sleeve shirts with dark, peter pan collars and dark, short overalls. The female performer kneeling in the bottom right quadrant of the image is wearing a long, light colored nightgown and has a large bow in her hair. Behind Cathrell is an abstract cutout of a human figure. In the foreground, the back of two (2) audience member's heads are visible. In the center of the photograph is a handwritten inscription in black ink that reads, [To / Mommie / & / Baby Sallie / The sweetest people I know / Laure]. There are two stamps in black ink on the back of the photograph. The stamp at the top center reads, [OCT 1[4?], 1938] and the one at the center reads, [harry rossner / CANDID PHOTOGRAPHER / 116 ave. c, b’klyn, n.y.].
place: label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Theatre
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine 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: 2013.46.25.157
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
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: H x W (Image): 9 1/2 × 7 11/16 in. (24.1 × 19.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 9 15/16 × 8 1/8 in. (25.3 × 20.6 cm)