Photograph by
Unidentified
Subject of
Middleton, Velma, American, 1917 - 1961
Date
ca. 1942
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (Image): 9 1/4 × 7 3/8 in. (23.5 × 18.7 cm)
H x W (Sheet): 9 3/4 × 7 15/16 in. (24.8 × 20.2 cm)
Description
A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Velma Middleton. Middleton is depicted wearing a white shirt with ruffled collar and button-front sleeveless dress. A metal brooch is pinned over her proper left shoulder, next to letters embroidered on the shoulder of the dress. She is holding a piece of paper in her proper right hand, and her proper left hand dangles by her side. She has a small watch is on her proper left wrist. Middleton has signed the front of the image in blue ink in the bottom right corner: [Love to / My Sis. / I'se A Muggin / Velma]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the image.
Collection title
The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
gelatin silver prints
portraits
Topic
Entertainers
Photography
Singers (Musicians)
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2013.46.25.25
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54b9218e4-6591-4645-8bde-febc6cf38a67

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