Photograph of Velma Middleton
date: label: Date
content: 1937
name: label: Photograph by
content: Stanley Photography, American
label: Subject of
content: Velma Middleton, American, 1917 - 1961
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Velma Middleton. Middleton is depicted from the shoulders up, against a white background. She is in three-quarters profile and looks towards the right edge of the photograph. She wears diamond-shaped earrings and she shoulders are bare. The photographer's mark is printed in the negative in the bottom right corner and reads, [Stanley Photo. / Phila. Pa.]. There are also additional pencil notations written on the back of the photograph.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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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: 2013.46.25.86
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): 9 3/8 × 7 5/8 in. (23.8 × 19.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 9 15/16 × 8 1/16 in. (25.3 × 20.4 cm)