Indoor Portrait of Diamond Teeth Mary
date: label: Date
content: 1948 - 1970s
name: label: Photograph by
content: Rev. Henry Clay Anderson, American, 1911 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: Mary "Diamond Teeth" McClain, American, 1902 - 2000
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white portrait of “Diamond Teeth” Mary standing on a stage with a microphone in front of her as she sings. She is dressed in a floor length gown with opera gloves past her elbows. She is adorned with a crown, long earrings, a necklace, and large rings on each of her ring fingers.
place: label: Place made
content: Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Amusements
label: Topic
content: Blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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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: 2007.1.69.17.53.C
objectType: label: Type
content: negatives
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 5 x 4 in (12.7 x 10.2 cm)