Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of Avis Andrews
early 20th-mid 20th century
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 Avis Andrews. Andrews is depicted from the chest up, seated, with her elbows propped on a surface. Her proper left shoulder is slightly forward and she faces the viewer smiling. She is wearing a dark, sleeveless garment. Her chin is resting in the palm of her proper left hand. Her proper right arm is bent at the wrist, with her proper right hand resting on the palm of her proper left hand. She has a French manicure. Her hair is parted down the middle and tightly pulled back. There are braided buns behind each of her ears. The photographer's mark, printed in the negative, located in the bottom left corner reads, [James J. Kriegsmann / N.Y.]. There are no inscriptions on the front or back of the photograph.
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Catalog reference: 2013.46.25.94
