Photographic plate for the April 1937 edition of The Show-Down Magazine
date: label: Date
content: 1937
name: label: Photograph by
content: Hughey J. Battelle
label: Subject of
content: Alice Key, American, 1911 - 2010
label: Subject of
content: The Show-Down, American, founded 1935
notes: label: Description
content: A photographic plate for page 10 of the April 1937 edition of The Show-Down Magazine with three (3) photographs of Alice Key. The photographs are adhered to a cardboard backing. On the front and back of the plate are handwritten notations in pencil.
label: Description
content: 2013.46.25.262a
label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Alice Key. Key is depicted facing the viewer, sitting on an armchair with rounded arms. She is resting both of her elbows on the armrests and her proper right leg is crossed over her proper left leg. There is a magazine resting in her lap and she is holding the edge of it with her proper right hand and looking down as if reading it. Her proper left hand is resting at her throat. She is wearing a floral pattern blouse and a long, satiny, black skirt. Next to her is a round end table with two (2) books placed on top. In front of her is a floral pattern, dark rug.
label: Description
content: 2013.46.25.262b
label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Alice Key. Key is depicted in profile, standing in a doorway. She has her proper right hand on the frame of the open door, her proper left arm is down by her side, and she is leaning on a white wall. Her head is turned and she is looking at the viewer, smiling. She is wearing a long, satiny, floral pattern blouse, belted at the waist. The blouse is worn over a long, black skirt. The mullion door she is holding open is covered with a sheer, light curtain.
label: Description
content: 2013.46.25.262c
label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Alice Key. Key is depicted nude, seated in a white bathtub. Her body is in three-quarters profile, facing the right side of the image. Her head turned towards the viewer and she is smiling. Her proper right leg is slightly raised and she is holding her calf with her hands. The shower curtain is decorated with rows of diagonal tulips above zig zag design elements. The curtain is open and pushed toward the right edge of the image. In the foreground, is a white sink on the right. In the background, are a white tiled wall and a window with the shades drawn down.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
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: Dance
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Photography
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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: 2013.46.25.262abc
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 on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Overall): 11 13/16 × 8 9/16 × 1/16 in. (30 × 21.7 × 0.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2013.46.25.262a: Image): 4 5/8 × 3 1/8 in. (11.7 × 8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2013.46.25.262a: Sheet): 4 15/16 × 3 9/16 in. (12.5 × 9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2013.46.25.262b: Image): 4 7/16 × 3 1/16 in. (11.3 × 7.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2013.46.25.262b: Sheet): 4 7/8 × 3 9/16 in. (12.4 × 9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2013.46.25.262c: Image): 4 7/16 × 6 1/2 in. (11.3 × 16.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2013.46.25.262c: Sheet): 4 15/16 × 6 15/16 in. (12.5 × 17.7 cm)