Photograph of a woman, Jeannie

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 a woman. The woman is depicted in bust post with her proper right shoulder held slightly forward. She is smiling and looking towards the viewer. She has shoulder length, curly hair. She is wearing a green, off-the-shoulders cropped top with long, puffed sleeves, and fabric triangles decorating the shoulder line. The top is embellished with metal disks. In the bottom right corner of the image is a handwritten inscription in blue ink that reads, [To Laurie / a very Dear / friend / Love / Jeannie / "55"]. There is a stamp in blue ink on the back of the photograph that reads, [WHEN RE-ORDERING, PLEASE REFER / TO THE ABOVE NUMBER / MACY’S COPY CORNER / MAIN FLOOR]. There are also notations in pencil on the back of the photograph.

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