- Photograph by
- Stanley Photography, American
- Subject of
- Middleton, Velma, American, 1917 - 1961
- Date
- 1937
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 9 3/8 × 7 5/8 in. (23.8 × 19.3 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 9 15/16 × 8 1/16 in. (25.3 × 20.4 cm)
- Description
- A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Velma Middleton. Middleton is depicted from the shoulders up, against a white background. She is in three-quarters profile and looks towards the right edge of the photograph. She wears diamond-shaped earrings and she shoulders are bare. The photographer's mark is printed in the negative in the bottom right corner and reads, [Stanley Photo. / Phila. Pa.]. There are also additional pencil notations written on the back of the photograph.
- 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
- 2013.46.25.86
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




