Object Details
- Description
- A black-and-white gelatin silver print portrait of Laverne Davis, survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Davis is depicted sitting at a wooden desk with her legs crossed and her hands in her lap, in profile view to the camera. She wears a floral print blouse, a white skirt and white shoes. On the center of the desk is a large lamp, surrounded by a few papers, books, and small decorative objects. An adhesive label on the verso has the photographer's printed name and contact information as well as [Lavern Davis - 1995] in bold italicized text and the photographer's signature [Don Thompson 2014] in graphite.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- Don Thompson, American
- Subject of
- LaVerne L. Davis, American, 1904 - 2010
- Date
- 1995; printed 2014
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the photographer, Don Thompson
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 13 7/8 × 10 7/8 in. (35.3 × 27.6 cm)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
