Photograph of band majorettes: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Black-and-white photograph of girls in majorette uniforms performing on a field at Booker T. Washington High School. The girls wear matching uniforms of dark band jackets, skirts, dark boots, and dark hats with large feather plumes. They stand in rows and hold batons in their left hands. The majorette at center wears dark pants instead of a skirt. At right is a majorette in light colored hat, jacket and skirt stands facing the others. Behind the majorettes is a full marching band with a large crowd in bleachers in the far background. The number “26” is written in pencil on the back. There are no other marks or inscriptions.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1940s-1950s
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
• Subject of: Booker T. Washington High School, American, founded 1913
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 4 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (11.4 x 23.5 cm)
• Place depicted: Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American South
• Topic: American West
• Topic: Band (Music)
• Topic: Marching bands (Music)
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2013.79.11
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Families of Anita Williams Christopher and David Owen Williams
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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