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  • Photographic print of Gold Star mother Mrs. Ulysses Williams

    Photograph by
    Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
    Subject of
    Mrs. Williams, Ulysses, American
    American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., American, founded 1928
    Date
    1945
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (sheet): 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
    H x W (image): 9 × 11 1/2 in. (22.9 × 29.2 cm)
    Description
    A black and white photograph of Mrs. Ulysses Williams sitting in an interior domestic space. She is positioned so that her face and body faces slightly to the right. There is a window to the right of Mrs. Williams with its shade lowered to the halfway point; a radiator is positioned below the window. In the background is a cabinet and to the left of the Mrs. Williams is a polished table top. Below the image in the bottom right corner is a handwritten line of text which reads [786]. The back of the photograph is blank.
    Place captured
    Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    portraits
    Topic
    Associations and institutions
    Families
    Military
    Motherhood
    Photography
    Women
    World War II
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Charles A. Harris and Beatrice Harris in memory of Charles "Teenie" Harris
    Object number
    2014.302.73
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles "Teenie" Harris Archive
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd564da4d87-31f7-45b2-8e84-df2ca0aaf196
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