Photograph of Velma Middleton and an unidentified woman at a piano
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th century
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Velma Middleton, American, 1917 - 1961
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Velma Middleton and a woman seated at a piano. The woman seated at the piano has her fingers on the keys and her head and proper left shoulder turned towards the viewer. She is wearing a short sleeve, floral pattern print dress. Behind her is Middleton. She is standing behind the woman playing the piano, in three quarters profile, with her head turned towards the viewer. Her proper right arm is resting on the piano and her proper left arm is by her side. She is wearing a long sleeve, leaf pattern dress with a square neckline. There is a floor lamp next to the piano and small framed decoration on the wall behind Middleton. There are no inscriptions on the front or back of the image.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
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: 2013.46.25.117
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 7/16 in. (23.9 × 18.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)