Object Details
- Description
- A black and white photo of Beatrice Ferguson is standing in a yard. She is wearing a short sleeve dress that goes to below the knees. It is a darker color and has white "O" shapes all over the dress. There is a collar with pointed flaps and a bow at the neck. Her arms are out, her knees are slightly bent and her legs are apart, and she has a hula-hoop around her waist. The hula-hoop appears to be striped. Beatrice has white hair and glasses. She is looking down at the hula-hoop. She is also wearing knee socks, with the proper right one falling down towards her ankle, and dark colored shoes.
- She is standing on grass and there are some leaves on the ground. There is a white house behind her and the bottom part of the house is brick. There is a window on the side of the house and a door and some steps are also visible. There is part of a tree on the proper right side of the photo and part of a white chair on the proper left side of the photo. There is a white border around the image.
- There are no inscriptions, front or back.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- Sharon Farmer, American, born 1951
- Subject of
- Beatrice Ferguson, born ca. 1893
- Date
- 1991
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sharon Farmer in memory of educators Winifred and George Farmer
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 19 × 13 in. (48.3 × 33 cm)
- H x W (Image): 18 × 12 in. (45.7 × 30.5 cm)
- Type
- portraits
- inkjet prints
