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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
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Photographic print of Thelma Thompson and her three children
- Photograph by
- Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
- Subject of
- Thompson, Thelma
- Thompson, Christopher
- Thompson, Barbarette
- Thompson, Mark
- Date
- March 1960
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 16 13/16 × 11 9/16 in. (42.7 × 29.4 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 19 15/16 × 15 15/16 in. (50.6 × 40.5 cm)
- Description
- A black and white photograph of Thelma Thompson and her three children, Christopher, Mark, and Barbarette in their home in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The home has peeling wall paper and lace curtains over the windows. Thompson sits on a bed aligned with the left side of the frame with her two sons, Christopher and Mark, seated next to her and on her lap; to her proper left, her daughter, Barbarettem stands next to her. A chest of drawers is aligned with the right side of the frame. The back of the photograph has an inscription of the number: [327.01] and a photographer's stamp.
- Place depicted
- Hill District, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Children
- Domestic life
- Families
- Housing
- Motherhood
- Photography
- Poverty
- Urban life
- 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
- 2014.302.16
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles "Teenie" Harris Archive