- Photograph by
- Stiger Studio, American
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1935
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image and sheet): 9 5/8 × 7 3/16 in. (24.4 × 18.3 cm)
- Description
- A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a female performer in costume. The woman is depicted standing against a dark curtain. Her proper left arm is raised and her hand rests on the back of her head. Her proper right arm is resting on her proper right hip. She is wearing a light colored, harem-style costume, with a cropped top and wide, full length sleeves, gathered at the wrists as well as light colored, bikini bottoms. Both garments are embellished with sequins. There is an inscription in black ink at the bottom right corner of the photograph, that reads, [To Frank / I Love you / little Boy / From / Pauline / Los Angeles / Cal. / /35/]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the photograph.
- Place collected
- Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
- Place made
- Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Entertainers
- Photography
- Theatre
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.46.25.143
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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