Waiting for the Waving Girl
- Photograph by
- Moutoussamy-Ashe, Jeanne, American, born 1951
- Printed by
- ModernAge Photographic Services, American
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1979; printed 2007
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 13 × 19 7/16 in. (33 × 49.4 cm)
- H x W (Sheeet): 20 × 23 7/8 in. (50.8 × 60.6 cm)
- Description
- This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of two young boys awaiting the arrival of the Waving Girl riverboat. The shorter boy on the left is wearing dark pants and a raglan t-shirt with a stripes across the back. The other boy stands to his right and is wearing light pants and a jersey with the number [44] on the back. The Waving Girl is visible on the water in the background. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
- Place captured
- Daufuskie Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Daufuskie Island
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- digital prints
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Generously donated by Bank of America Corporation
- Object number
- 2014.310.25
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.