- Photograph by
- Delta Air Lines, American, founded 1925
- Subject of
- Murphy, Patricia Grace, American
- Date
- late 1980s
- Medium
- ink on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 6 5/8 × 4 9/16 in. (16.9 × 11.6 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 6 15/16 × 5 in. (17.7 × 12.7 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph portrait of Delta Air Lines' first African American flight attendant, Patricia Grace Murphy.
- Captured in studio, Patricia Grace Murphy poses with her long dark hair pinned back, wearing square earrings, a dark blazer, white collared shirt, dark vest, and striped necktie. On the reverse of the photograph in black ink is an inscription that reads: [PATRICIA MURPHY / 1ST BLACK DELTA / FLIGHT ATTENDANT / PATRICIA GRACE MURPHY LATE 1980’S].
- Place captured
- United States, North and Central America
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- black-and-white photographs
- photographs
- portraits
- Topic
- Aeronautics
- Business
- Labor
- Transportation
- Travel
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Casey Grant in honor of Patricia Banks Edmiston, Patricia Grace Murphy and Eugene Harmond
- Object number
- 2018.50.24.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown – Restrictions Possible
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