Photograph of Danielle Spencer and Shirley Hemphill

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.

Black and white photograph of Danielle Spencer and Shirley Hemphill. The photograph is vertically rectangular in shape. The image depicts a man on the proper right side. He is wearing a long sleeve shirt and is sitting in a chair. His body is turned towards the proper right side, and his face is cropped out of the image. Danielle Spencer is standing behind him in the image. She is wearing dangly earrings, a long-sleeved sweater tunic with rolled sleeves, and pants. Her hands are folded in front of her, and her head is turned slightly towards the proper left side of the image. Shirley Hemphill is standing on the proper left. She is wearing a blouse with elbow-length sleeves, pants, an apron, earrings, and a watch. Her arms are down by her sides, and she is looking towards the proper right side at Danielle Spencer. The background is out of focus and contains two windows and a plant. The image was signed by Danielle Spencer in black ink in the bottom proper left corner. There is a white slightly uneven border around the image. The back of the photograph is blank. There is a large diagonal crease on the piece of paper, as well as several smaller creases.

Catalog date

1985-1988

Recorded places

United States, North and Central America

Recorded subjects

African American; Actors; Comedy; Families; Photography; Sitcoms; Television; Youth

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