Hand colored photograph of Sally Cathrell

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A silver gelatin print depicting a hand-colored, black-and-white image of Sally Cathrell. Cathrell is depicted from the thighs up standing three-quarter profile with her arms akimbo. She is looking over her proper left shoulder towards the viewer. She is wearing a short sleeve, light colored, satiny dress with a large bow along the proper left side of the neckline, and a matching belt at the waist with a metal buckle. The dress has been tinted pink. Cathrell’s cheeks have been tinted pink and her lips painted dark red. In the bottom right corner of the photograph is a handwritten inscription in black ink that reads, [To My Baby Sister / Laura / Lovingly / Sally]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the photograph.

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