Photographic collage of a man
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1937
name: label: Photograph by
content: Hughey J. Battelle
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A photographic collage of three (3) silver gelatin prints depicting black-and-white images of the same man. Two (2) images are of the man’s head, taken from different angles, have been cropped, cut, and pasted to the surface of a photograph of the man where he is depicted from the knees up. In the bottom photograph, the man is facing the left edge of the image. He holds a baton in his proper right hand and holds both hands in a conductor’s pose. The man is wearing a black tuxedo with tails, and a white bow tie. There is a flower attached to his proper left lapel. The two (2) cropped images of the man's head have been pasted in a diagonal, above the man's shoulder's. The photographer's mark, printed in the negative, in the bottom left corner of the photograph reads, [H. BAttELLE / N.Y.C.]. There are no inscriptions on the front of the photograph. There are several pencil notations written on the back of the photograph.
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: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Photography
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: 2013.46.25.202
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): 6 7/16 × 4 7/16 in. (16.4 × 11.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 7 × 4 15/16 in. (17.8 × 12.5 cm)