Object Details
- Description
- A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a man and a woman. Both the man and the woman are depicted from the waist up, facing the viewer, and standing in front of a white background. The woman, depicted on the left side of the image, is wearing a black, satiny shirt under a black, embroidered jacket, and four (4) strands of pearls. The man, depicted right side of the image, is wearing a medium toned suit, a white button down shirt, and a medium toned tie. There is a light colored pocket square in his proper left breast pocket and a metal pin affixed to his lapel. There is an inscription in blue ink in the top left corner of the photograph, that reads, [To Velma / Our Friend / Wishing you all / the best of everything / Clio[?] & Hesh[?]]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the photograph.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- early 20th-mid 20th century
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 8 7/16 × 6 15/16 in. (21.5 × 17.6 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 10 1/16 × 8 1/16 in. (25.5 × 20.4 cm)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
