- Photograph by
- Rossner, Harry
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Apollo Theater, American, founded 1934
- Date
- August 1937
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 9 7/16 × 7 1/2 in. (23.9 × 19 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
- Description
- A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a woman singing into a microphone. She stands behind the microphone stand with her hands at her sides. She is wearing a dark evening gown with a matching puffed sleeve jacket. The background is black. White text in the negative on the left side of the image reads, [Apollo Thea NYC / AUG 20-27, '37]. The image is framed by a white border that has pencil cropmarks and editing notations. On the back of the image is the photographer’s stamp in blue ink that reads, [harry rossner / CANDID PHOTOGRAPHER / 116 ave. c, b’klyn, n.y.]. Below are additional notations in pencil on bottom half on the back of the image.
- Place depicted
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.46.25.31
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




