Photograph of Cpl. Lawrence Leslie McVey
date: label: Date
content: 1924
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Cpl. Lawrence Leslie McVey, Sr., American, 1897 - 1968
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Corporal Lawrence McVey, standing on the roof of a building wearing a suit and coat with his proper right arm crooked on his hip. McVey stands in front of a brick wall on a wooden walkway. Buildings and wire attenea can be seen in the background. The handwritten inscription in blue ink above the photo reads [Daddy 27 yrs.] On the reverse, is the remnant of a piece of black paper and adhesive residue.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Photography
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, Gift of Gina R. McVey, Granddaughter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.108.21
objectType: label: Type
content: photographs
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
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: 6 1/16 x 4 in. (15.4 x 10.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 5 5/16 × 3 3/16 in. (13.5 × 8.1 cm)