Photograph of Ralph Cooper
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Distributed by
- Gale Agency Incorporated, American
- Subject of
- Cooper, Ralph, American, 1908 - 1992
- Date
- 1930-1950
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 8 9/16 × 7 3/8 in. (21.8 × 18.7 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 10 3/16 × 8 in. (25.8 × 20.3 cm)
- Description
- A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Ralph Cooper. Cooper is featured left of center looking to the right of the image. He is depicted from the waist up and wears a black jacket, striped shirt, patterned tie, and carnation in his lapel. On the right side of the front of the image, is an inscription in black ink that reads, [To Laure / A beautiful / page from / Omar Kyam [sic] / combined with / an encyclopedic / vocabulary, could / not combine your / charm and beauty / in words- / Luck Always! / Coop]. The image is bordered with white and along bottom is black text on the left and right sides. The text in the lower left corner reads, [PERSONAL MANAGEMENT / GALE AGENCY, INC. 48 WEST 48th STREET / NEW YORK CITY]. The text in the lower right corner reads, [RALPH COOPER / Star of Stage, Screen and Radio]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the photograph.
- Place used
- 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
- Topic
- Actors
- Film
- Hollywood (Film)
- Photography
- Radio
- Theatre
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.46.25.42
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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