Photograph of a bridge party
- Photograph by
- Adams, Alexander L., American, 1916 - 1993
- Subject of
- DeLorme, Grace McKinley Holmes, American, 1906 - 1997
- Holmes, Mayme E. McKinley, American, ca. 1885 - 1969
- DeLorme, Gilbert Earle Jr., American, born 1945
- Elder, Louise Holmes, American, 1905 - 1993
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- ca. 1950
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 8 1/8 × 9 15/16 in. (20.6 × 25.3 cm)
- H x W (Image): 7 5/8 × 9 7/16 in. (19.4 × 24 cm)
- Description
- A black and white photograph of a bridge party. Forty-nine women, including Grace Delorme, Mayme Holmes, Louise Holmes Elder, and one small boy, Gilbert E. DeLorme Jr., standing behind and seated on folding chairs around folding bridge tables. Gilbert E. Delorme Jr. sits at the center of the photograph in back of the crowd, his mother, Grace Delorme, stands directly to his left and wears a dark dress. His grandmother, Mayme Holmes sits directly in front and slightly to the right of Gilbert E. Delorme Jr. Mayme Holmes wears a light colored hat and a necklace. Embossed stamp on the bottom right corner of the front identifies the photographer. A handwritten note in blue ink on the back identifies the subjects and date.
- Place depicted
- Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Amusements
- Photography
- Recreation
- Social life and customs
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Margaret Falkener DeLorme, Waldo C. Falkener, Cameron S. Falkener and Gilbert E. DeLorme
- Object number
- 2014.94.37
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.