Photograph of a man speaking at an Atlanta Life Insurance Company reception
date: label: Date
content: 1951
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Col. Thomas W. Holmes Esq., American, ca. 1882 - 1973
label: Subject of
content: Alonzo Franklin Herndon, American, 1858 - 1927
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Atlanta Life Insurance Company, American, founded 1905
label: Subject of
content: Butler Street YMCA, American, founded 1894
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of a man speaking at an Atlanta Life Insurance Company reception at the Butler Street YMCA gymnasium. He is standing under a basketball net, wearing a dark colored suit, a dark tie, and a white collared shirt. The speaker is standing behind a long table seated with sixteen men and women. Seated at the speaker’s table is Thomas W. Holmes, Esq. He is to the proper left of the woman wearing a large hat. The table is covered with coffee cups and dessert dishes. Behind the diners is an American flag swag under the basketball net. Overlaying the bottom of the swag is a poster portrait of the founder of Atlanta Life, Alonzo Herndon in three quarters profile. To the left of the portrait is a poster that reads, [ATLANTA / LIFE / NUMBER / 1/ IN ’51], and a poster to the right of the portraits that reads, [CAN YOU IN ’52 / SAY WE WON / IN ’51], with a large pointing fist and a question mark in the center of the poster. To the left and right of the posters are two elongated Georgia state flags with a circle of stars surrounding a larger star in the canton. A handwritten note on the back in blue ink identifies the subjects, location and date.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Photography
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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 Margaret Falkener DeLorme, Waldo C. Falkener, Cameron S. Falkener and Gilbert E. DeLorme
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.94.46
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: 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 (Sheet): 8 3/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.8 × 25.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 7 11/16 × 9 7/16 in. (19.5 × 24 cm)