Photograph of Henry LeTang
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th century
name: label: Photograph by
content: Diaz & Rogers, American
label: Subject of
content: Henry LeTang, American, 1915 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Henry LeTang. LeTang is depicted from the waist up, seated. His proper right knee is raised and his proper right elbow is resting on it. His proper left shoulder is held slightly forward, his hands folded over each other, and his head is turned towards the viewer. He is wearing a medium toned suit, white collared shirt, and a dark, patterned tie. He has a metal watch on his proper left wrist, a bracelet on his proper right wrist, rings on his proper left pinkie finger and proper right ring finger, and he has a white pocket square in his proper left breast pocket. He is shown against a white gradient background. In the top left corner of the image is a handwritten inscription in black ink that reads, [To Laure / Some day I'll / put those Taps / on your shoes / Sincerely / Henry LeTang]. The photographer's mark, printed in black, located in the bottom right corner reads, [Diaz & / Rogers / N.Y.]. There are no inscriptions on the 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: Dance
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: 2013.46.25.158
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 3/16 × 7 9/16 in. (23.4 × 19.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 9 13/16 × 7 3/4 in. (24.9 × 19.7 cm)