Photograph of an Atlanta Life Insurance Company party

Photograph by

Adams, Alexander L., American, 1916 - 1993

Subject of

Bacote, Lucia Moore, American, 1907 - 2012

Thomas, Evelyn, American

Martin, Helen White, American, 1899 - 1984

Martin, Eugene Marcus, American, 1888 - 1969

DeLorme, Grace McKinley Holmes, American, 1906 - 1997

DeLorme, Gilbert E. Sr., American, 1903 - 1975

Date

ca. 1950

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Sheet): 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm)

H x W (Image): 7 1/2 × 9 7/16 in. (19 × 23.9 cm)

Description

A black-and-white photograph of an Atlanta Life Insurance party. Lucia Bacote standing on the far left, is wearing a halter top dress with a leaf pattern over dark fabric. To her right is Evelyn Thomas wearing a white, lace, shawl style collar dress with a silk flower belt. Helen Martin is wearing a dark shawl style collar dress and dark gloves. Eugene Martin is wearing a black tuxedo with a white collared shirt and dark bow tie. Grace DeLorme is wearing a white, strapless dress and a white shawl. Gilbert DeLorme, Sr., standing on the far right, is wearing a dark, double breasted suit, dark tie, white handkerchief in his proper left breast pocket, and wire rimmed glasses. They are standing in front of a white door and brick wall. A handwritten note on the back in blue ink identifies the subjects and event.

Place depicted

Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Type

gelatin silver prints

Topic

American South

Business

Photography

Social life and customs

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

2014.94.51

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

Usage

Not determined

GUID

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