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  • Photograph of the senior officers of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company

    Photograph by
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    Subject of
    Herndon, Norris Bumstead, American, 1897 - 1977
    DeLorme, Gilbert E. Sr., American, 1903 - 1975
    Dr. Lang, Henry Leon, American, 1900 - 1968
    Martin, Eugene Marcus, American, 1888 - 1969
    Greene, Charles W. Sr., American, 1894 - 1974
    Lt. Lee, George W., American, 1924 - 1977
    Toomer, Fred Armon, American, 1889 - 1961
    Smith, Walter Harold, American, 1896 - 1972
    Atlanta Life Insurance Company, American, founded 1905
    Date
    ca. 1950
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (Sheet): 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.7 × 25.4 cm)
    H x W (Image): 7 5/8 × 9 7/16 in. (19.4 × 24 cm)
    Description
    A black-and-white photograph of eight senior officers of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company. Six men are standing behind two seated men. The top row from left to right includes: Eugene Martin, Gilbert DeLorme, Sr., Charles W. Greene, George W. Lee, Walter H. Smith and Dr. Henry L. Lang. Seated in the front row from left to right are Fred Armon Toomer and Norris B. Herndon. All of the men who are standing are wearing white, button down shirts, ties and medium toned pants. Haywood is wearing a medium toned suit, tie, white hat with band and round glasses. Herndon is wearing a white, button down shirt, and light toned tie and pants. In the background is a tree line behind a tall picket fence. A handwritten note in blue ink on the back identifies the subjects.
    Place depicted
    Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    portraits
    Topic
    American South
    Business
    Photography
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Margaret Falkener DeLorme, Waldo C. Falkener, Cameron S. Falkener and Gilbert E. DeLorme
    Object number
    2014.94.49
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5040694bb-f32b-4116-a5c1-75c0e0d3ba23
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