Photo of Eunice Waymon (Nina Simone) at age 12: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photo of Eunice Waymon (Nina Simone) at age 12: Date: 1945. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003.
The object in the museum catalogue
A wallet-sized black-and-white photographic portrait of Eunice Waymon, later known as Nina Simone, at age 12. The photograph is signed in the lower left corner in black ink: [Love, Eunice]. Waymon wears a dark jacket over a printed blouse and looks straight at the camera.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1945
- Created by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Type: portraits
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (8.3 x 6.4 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Children
- Topic: Composers (Musicians)
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Popular music
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2011.132.1
- 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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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: Unknown - Restrictions Possible Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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