Photograph of Theodore Watson
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1937
name: label: Photograph by
content: Hughey J. Battelle
label: Subject of
content: Theodore Watson
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Theodore Watson. Watson is depicted from the chest up, against a dark background. He is seated with his proper right shoulder held slightly forward and his head turned towards the viewer. He is wearing a medium toned suit, button down shirt, and a dark toned tie. He is also wearing a light colored Stetson hat with a dark band around the crown. The hat is slightly tilted on his head. The photographer's mark, printed in the negative, in the bottom left corner reads, [H. BatteLLe / N.Y.C.]. On the subject’s proper right shoulder is a handwritten inscription in black ink that reads, [proof]. In the center of the top border of the photograph is a second inscription in black ink that reads, [#2[?]]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the photograph.
place: label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Journalism
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2013.46.25.166
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 1/16 × 7 1/16 in. (23 × 17.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.2 × 20.1 cm)