Composite photograph of Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson
date: label: Date
content: 1952
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Ole Olsen, American, 1892 - 1963
label: Subject of
content: Chic Johnson, American, 1891 - 1962
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white composite image of Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson. The men’s heads have been cropped and printed against a white background. Johnson’s head, depicted on the right, is slightly overlaid over Olsen’s head, on the left. Johnson is depicted with a wide smile and he is looking toward the top, right corner of the image. He is wearing a light colored fedora with a turned up brim. Olsen is looking towards the viewer, with wide eyes. He is wearing a round, plaid hat with a large, turned up brim. There are several inscriptions in blue ink on the recto. In the top left corner is an inscription that reads, [To / LAURE] with the name written in bubble letters. Below, on the left edge, an inscription that reads, [from / the / maniacs]. Along the bottom edge are inscriptions written in differing hands that read [OLSEN] and [and Johnson]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the photograph.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Comedy
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Vaudeville
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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: 2013.46.25.185
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 and Sheet): 8 1/16 × 10 in. (20.5 × 25.4 cm)