Photograph of Ralph Cooper
date: label: Date
content: 1930-1950
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Distributed by
content: Gale Agency Incorporated, American
label: Subject of
content: Ralph Cooper, American, 1908 - 1992
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Ralph Cooper. Cooper is featured left of center looking to the right of the image. He is depicted from the waist up and wears a black jacket, striped shirt, patterned tie, and carnation in his lapel. On the right side of the front of the image, is an inscription in black ink that reads, [To Laure / A beautiful / page from / Omar Kyam [sic] / combined with / an encyclopedic / vocabulary, could / not combine your / charm and beauty / in words- / Luck Always! / Coop]. The image is bordered with white and along bottom is black text on the left and right sides. The text in the lower left corner reads, [PERSONAL MANAGEMENT / GALE AGENCY, INC. 48 WEST 48th STREET / NEW YORK CITY]. The text in the lower right corner reads, [RALPH COOPER / Star of Stage, Screen and Radio]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the photograph.
place: label: Place used
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Hollywood (Film)
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Radio
label: Topic
content: Theatre
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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: 2013.46.25.42
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): 8 9/16 × 7 3/8 in. (21.8 × 18.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 10 3/16 × 8 in. (25.8 × 20.3 cm)