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Photograph of a Blanche Calloway

ca. 1940

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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 Blanche Calloway. She is depicted in bust pose, in three-quarters profile, smiling and looking off to the top left edge of the image. Her long hair falls down her back, on the right side of the image. She is wearing a light colored blouse, with her proper left shoulder exposed to the viewer. Behind her is a white-to-grey background. There are pencil marks throughout the back of the image.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2013.46.25.55

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