Photograph of a group of female performers in costume
date: label: Date
content: 1933-1942
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Chickie Collins, American, died 1942
label: Subject of
content: Birdie Warfield Edison, American
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of seven female performers in matching costumes. The women are depicted in three rows. There are two women in the bottom row, three in the middle row, and two in the top row. The women in the top and middle rows are crouched over the women in the bottom row. They are all wearing matching white wearing bikini tops with black bands on the shoulder straps and along the bust line. Chickie Collins, is depicted in the bottom right and Birdie Warfield Edison is depicted in the top left. Behind the women is tall fencing and a brick wall. The image is blurred and overexposed. And there is a white field above the top row that crops off the top of Birdie Warfield Edison’s head. There are no inscriptions on the front or back of the photograph.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
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: 2013.46.25.218
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): 4 15/16 × 4 5/8 in. (12.5 × 11.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 7 × 4 7/8 in. (17.8 × 12.4 cm)