Photograph of Laura Cathrell, a man, and two women at a party
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Cathrell, Laura, 1914 - 1999
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1950-1965
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image and sheet): 4 7/16 × 6 3/4 in. (11.2 × 17.2 cm)
- Description
- A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Laura Cathrell, a man, and two (2) women at a party. The four (4) are seated on a bed with a white, metal, bar headboard. On either side of the headboard are matching polka dot curtains. Cathrell is depicted on the far right. She is sitting on the man’s lap and has her proper right hand resting on the man’s neck and her proper right hand resting in her lap. She is wearing a light colored, three-quarter length sleeve blouse, with a dark toned skirt. Her hair is pulled back into a low pony tail. The man is wearing a medium toned, pinstriped suit, collared shirt, and a black tie. He is smiling and holding a metal pipe in his proper right hand. The woman to his left is wearing a dark jacket with three-quarter sleeves and zippered front. She is also wearing white capri pants with stripes. She is seated cross-legged on the bed with her proper left hand resting on the man’s proper right shoulder. The woman on the far left is wearing light toned pants and a short sleeve shirt, patterned with hearts, spades, diamonds, clubs, jacks, kings and queens. There are no inscriptions on the front or back of the photograph.
- Collection title
- The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Amusements
- Photography
- Social life and customs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.46.25.210
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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