Photograph of a female performer in costume
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1937
name: label: Photograph by
content: James J. Kriegsmann, 1909 - 1994
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a female performer in costume. She is depicted standing on a small, raised platform. Her elbows are bent, her hands raised with her palms facing out towards the viewer. She is standing with her proper right leg crossed over her proper left leg, and with her head and torso are leaning towards the left edge of the image. She is wearing a dress costume with a skirt that is short in front and long in the back. The deep neckline and shoulders of the costume are embellished with white flowers. She is wearing a small cap also embellished with white flowers, and white hand gloves. The photographer's mark, printed in the negative, in the bottom right corner reads, [James J. Kriegsmann / NY.]. There are notations in pencil on the front and 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: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Theatre
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: 2013.46.25.131
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 7/16 × 7 1/2 in. (23.9 × 19 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.3 × 20.2 cm)