Photograph by
Unidentified
Subject of
Franklin, Harper
Coleman, Beatrice, American, 1892 - unknown
Dedman, Beatrice Cloman, American, 1895 - 1990
Date
1915
Medium
photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper mounted to cardboard
Dimensions
H x W: 6 1/8 × 4 1/4 in. (15.6 × 10.8 cm)
Description
A black-and-white portrait-style photograph of three (3) young women. The young women are wearing light-colored dresses, and each has a corsage pinned to her bodice at upper-left. The woman in the center, Beatrice Cloman, is wearing glasses and is seated. The woman on the left is leaning towards Cloman with her hands behind her back. The woman on the right, Beatrice Dedman, also is leaning towards the center of the photograph with her hands behind her back, touching heads with the other woman. At the bottom of the photograph, the photographer's name, location, and date is printed, partially illegibly [TYLER DERMOTT ARK. 1915]. At bottom, the names of the women are hand-written in ink: [Harper Franklin [[?]]/ Coleman [sic]/ Beatrice Dedman [sic]].
Place made
Dermott, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
Collection title
The Princetta R. Newman Collection of Family Photographs, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
photographs
portraits
Topic
American South
American West
Communities
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Princetta R. Newman
Object number
2014.75.92
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b19132e0-dc73-4f5a-abb1-fd87a73c59a6

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