Photograph by
Webb Studio, American
Subject of
Calmeise, Beulah Elizabeth, American, 1907 - 2010
Date
1925
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W x D (Image): 5 7/8 × 3 15/16 in. (14.9 × 10 cm)
H x W x D (Sheet): 8 1/4 × 5 9/16 in. (21 × 14.1 cm)
Description
A black and white photograph of Beulah Elizabeth Greer Calmeise. Calmeise is featured facing the right of the photograph. She is wearing a dark dress with a lace collar and a long pearl necklace. An inscription in white ink reads [Lovingly, / Beulah / '25] in the bottom left corner. The photograph is inside a paper frame that has the stamp of the photography studio. The back of the frame has an inscription about the subject.
Place made
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Media Arts-Photography
Type
gelatin silver prints
portraits
Topic
Photography
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Greer-Calmeise Family of Cincinnati, Ohio
Object number
2019.18.3
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5cf75f817-1cdf-4bdf-8edc-93a94e51840e

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