Page from a photograph album with five mounted photographs
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- early 20th century
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W (Page): 6 5/16 × 9 1/16 in. (16 × 23 cm)
- H x W (2021.13.20a: Image): 5 × 3 in. (12.7 × 7.6 cm)
- H x W (2021.13.20a: Sheet): 5 7/16 × 3 7/16 in. (13.8 × 8.7 cm)
- H x W (2021.13.20b: Image): 5 1/16 × 3 1/16 in. (12.9 × 7.8 cm)
- H x W (2021.13.20b: Sheet): 5 3/8 × 3 3/8 in. (13.6 × 8.6 cm)
- H x W (2021.13.20c: Image): 4 15/16 × 3 1/16 in. (12.5 × 7.7 cm)
- H x W (2021.13.20c: Sheet): 3 7/16 × 5 3/8 in. (8.7 × 13.7 cm)
- H x W (2021.13.20d: Image): 2 5/16 × 3 15/16 in. (5.8 × 10 cm)
- H x W (2021.13.20d: Sheet): 4 5/16 × 2 9/16 in. (11 × 6.5 cm)
- H x W (2021.13.20e: Image): 3 15/16 × 2 5/16 in. (10 × 5.8 cm)
- H x W (2021.13.20e: Sheet): 2 1/2 × 4 in. (6.3 × 10.1 cm)
- Description
- 2021.13.20a-e: A page from a photograph album with five black-and-white photographs. The black paper page is roughly rectangular in shape with damage along edges. The front of the page features two photographs in portrait orientation and are adhered side-by-side. The back of the page features two photographs in landscape orientation and one in portrait orientation. The two landscape oriented photographs are adhered to the left edge of the page and the portrait oriented photograph is adhered to the right side of the page.
- 2021.13.20a: A black-and-white photograph of an unidentified woman posing with a wooden chair. The photograph is in portrait orientation. The woman is depicted in full length, holding the backrest of a wooden armchair with her proper right hand. She is standing in a contrapposto position with her right knee bent and her weight on her proper left hip. Her proper left arm is loosely held at her side. Her head is slightly tilted towards her proper right shoulder and her chin is pointing down. She is wearing a drop waist dress with three tiers: one at waist, one at the mid-thigh level, and the bottom hem at knee level. The top-tier of the dress features a V-neck with thin lapels that cross over at the bottom of the “V,” and an ellipse-shaped cut out over the stomach. The second and bottom tiers are embellished with small metal beads along the hems and the bottom tier features loose pleats. She is also wearing a gathered bonnet with a large bow at the front, , knee length nylon hose, and black flats with lace up ties. The chair is turned sideways facing the left edge of the image. The woman is depicted against a painted photographic backdrop featuring a Corinthian column, marble steps, and an arched stone bridge in the distant background. The photograph has a narrow white border around the edges. There is pin hole damage at the top and bottom center of the photograph.
- 2021.13.20b: A black-and-white photograph of a woman posing with a parasol and a wooden armchair. The photograph is in portrait orientation. The woman is depicted in full length, facing the viewer, and resting her proper left arm on the backrest of a wooden armchair. In her proper right is the handle of a closed parasol held tip down and the strings of a face mask. The woman is wearing a medium tone, drop waist dress, a white cartwheel hat with a gathered silk lining under the brim, knee length nylon hose, and black flats. The V-neck dress is embellished with a white ruffle that runs from shoulder to shoulder in a “V” shape over her chest. There is a wide sash at the waist, and the short, gathered skirt at the hips that is embellished with two small, white ruffles just above and at the hem. The chair is turned sideways, facing the right edge of the image. e woman is depicted against a painted photographic backdrop featuring a Corinthian column, marble steps, and an arched stone bridge in the distant background. The photograph has a narrow white border around the edges. There is pin hole damage at the top and bottom center of the photograph.
- 2021.13.20c: A sepia tone image of a woman posing in a 1920s era convertible car with the top down. The photograph is in landscape orientation. The woman is shown sitting behind the wheel of the driver side of the car. Both the car and the woman are depicted in profile facing the left edge of the image. The woman’s head is turned towards her proper left shoulder and she was looking at the viewer with a serious expression on her face. She is leaning back in her seat and holding the sides of the steering wheel in front of her with both hands. She is wearing a dark overcoat and a straw, wide brimmed hat with a black band around the edge of the brim. The hat is embellished with silk flowers on the proper left side of the crown. The driver side front tire of the car is white walled and narrow. In the background is a painted photographic backdrop featuring a valley with low hills. The photograph has a thin white border along the top, right, and bottom edges as well as a wide white border along the left edge.
- 2021.13.20d: A black-and-white photograph of an identified woman depicted in full length. The photograph is in portrait orientation. The woman is standing with her proper right fist held akimbo on her hip. Her proper left arm is resting at her side. She is wearing a full length, long sleeve, silk dress with a two tiered skirt. The dress features two short lapels at the neckline that terminate in a pleated rectangular panel at the front of the bodice. The woman’s hair is parted down the middle and pulled back loosely at the nape of her neck. She is also wearing metal wire rimmed glasses. On the right side of the image is a side of the house and in the background is a leafy tree and a hedge.
- 2021.13.20e: A black-and-white photograph of a pig in a pen. The photograph is in landscape orientation. The pig is depicted in profile, facing the right edge of the image. Its neck is dropped, and its snout is to the ground. In the background is the corner of the pen, constructed from wooden lap rails.
- Place captured
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Topic
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of James M. Baxter
- Object number
- 2021.13.20a-e
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.