Object Details
Photograph by
James J. Kriegsmann, 1909 - 1994
Subject of
Unidentified Woman or Women
Description
A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a female performer in costume. She is depicted standing on a small, raised platform. Her elbows are bent, her hands raised with her palms facing out towards the viewer. She is standing with her proper right leg crossed over her proper left leg, and with her head and torso are leaning towards the left edge of the image. She is wearing a dress costume with a skirt that is short in front and long in the back. The deep neckline and shoulders of the costume are embellished with white flowers. She is wearing a small cap also embellished with white flowers, and white hand gloves. The photographer's mark, printed in the negative, in the bottom right corner reads, [James J. Kriegsmann / NY.]. There are notations in pencil on the front and back of the photograph.
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Date
ca. 1937
Object number
2013.46.25.131
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Type
gelatin silver prints
portraits
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (Image): 9 7/16 × 7 1/2 in. (23.9 × 19 cm)
H x W (Sheet): 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.3 × 20.2 cm)
Place made
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title
The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Entertainers
Photography
Theatre
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2013.46.25.131