Portrait of Miss MVC 1955, Lottie R. Herger, with William Ware
date: label: Date
content: 1955
name: label: Photograph by
content: Rev. Henry Clay Anderson, American, 1911 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: Lottie R. Herger, American
label: Subject of
content: William Levi Ware, American
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
label: Subject of
content: Mississippi Valley State University, American, founded 1950
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of a beauty queen. She is surrounded by two young girls on her right and a man and another young girl on her left. She is seated in a thrown and is wearing a large crown, a large medallion around her neck and is holding a bouquet of flowers. The three young girls are wearing light dresses with bows in their hair. The man is bowing to the queen. In front of her are some wrapped gifts.
place: label: Place made
content: Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Social life and customs
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, Gift of Charles Schwartz and Shawn Wilson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.137.7.4
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)