Indoor Portrait of Diamond Teeth Mary: Museum Object and Cultural History
Indoor Portrait of Diamond Teeth Mary: Date: 1948 - 1970s. Photograph by: Rev. Henry Clay Anderson, American, 1911 - 1998. Subject of: Mary "Diamond Teeth" McClain, American, 1902 - 2000.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black-and-white portrait of “Diamond Teeth” Mary standing on a stage with a microphone in front of her as she sings. She is dressed in a floor length gown with opera gloves past her elbows. She is adorned with a crown, long earrings, a necklace, and large rings on each of her ring fingers.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1948 - 1970s
- Photograph by: Rev. Henry Clay Anderson, American, 1911 - 1998
- Subject of: Mary "Diamond Teeth" McClain, American, 1902 - 2000
- Type: negatives
- Type: portraits
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on acetate film
- Dimensions: H x W: 5 x 4 in (12.7 x 10.2 cm)
- Place made: Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States
- Topic: African American
- Topic: American South
- Topic: Amusements
- Topic: Blues (Music)
- Topic: Communities
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Segregation
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2007.1.69.17.53.C
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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