- Created by
- Moore, Charles, American, 1931 - 2010
- Subject of
- Piggy, Vera, American
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1963-1964; printed 2008
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 8 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. (21.6 x 32.4 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph from the view of a mirror reflection. In the reflection there is an African American woman working on the hair of another woman who is sitting in a chair. There is a third woman seated in a chair closer to the mirror with her head turned to face the other women. There are three images of Caucasian women sitting above the frame of the mirror. There is a counter top with pitchers sitting on it below the mirror. The print is signed [Charles Moore] on the back in pencil.
- Place depicted
- Clarksdale, Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Photography
- Suffrage
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.49.9
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Charles Moore
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




