- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Calloway, Blanche, American, 1904 - 1978
- Date
- ca. 1940
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 9 5/16 × 7 7/16 in. (23.7 × 18.9 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 10 1/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.5 × 20.2 cm)
- Description
- A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Blanche Calloway. She is depicted in bust pose, in three-quarters profile, smiling and looking off to the top left edge of the image. Her long hair falls down her back, on the right side of the image. She is wearing a light colored blouse, with her proper left shoulder exposed to the viewer. Behind her is a white-to-grey background. There are pencil marks throughout the back of the image.
- 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
- 2013.46.25.55
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




