Photograph of a young couple, Addie and Will Payne, in Texas
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1920s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Addie Payne
label: Subject of
content: Will Payne
notes: label: Description
content: A gelatin silver photograph of a young woman holding a pistol. Seated on the grass by a mature tree, a man and woman, both wearing brimmed hats, are captured leaning against one another. The woman wears a long bright dress and a bow at the neck, while holding a pistol in her proper right hand, pointing towards the tree. The man with her rests his proper left hand inside the crook of her elbow. He wears a neckerchief, a single breasted jacket, dark trousers and heeled boots. The back of the photograph’s plain mount has handwritten inscriptions written in graphite: [Will Payne / Addie Payne / at home / at home Texas].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Texas, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.28.40
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
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: 5 3/16 × 6 1/4 in. (13.1 × 15.8 cm)