Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of a woman seated in a booth
ca. 1937
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
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 black-and-white image of a woman. The woman is depicted from the waist up and seated in a booth. Her proper right shoulder is slightly raised and her proper left arm extended towards the seat of the booth. She is wearing a light colored dress with puffed, elbow-length sleeves and she has flowers tucked into her hair. Above the booth are two framed pictures. In the center of the image is a handwritten inscription in black ink that reads, [proof]. In the center of the top edge of the photograph is a second inscription in black ink that reads, [#2-X]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the photograph.
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2013.46.25.175
