Photograph of majorettes and a marching band: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black-and-white photograph of girls wearing majorette uniforms. The girls are in a line from right to left in the foreground of the image. The first three girls wear light colored band jackets, hats with large feather plumes, and white boots. The girls behind them wear dark colored band jackets, full, light colored skirts, and white boots. In the background is a full marching band, in dark band uniforms, and a large crowd of people. The photograph is accompanied by a piece of paper (2013.79.10b) with black printed text that says "Pep Parade before football game brought us through heavy traffic."

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: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper with ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W (2013.79.10a): 2 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. (7 x 16.5 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (2013.79.10b): 3 3/8 x 6 3/4 in. (8.6 x 17.1 cm)
• Place depicted: Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American South
• Topic: American West
• Topic: Amusements
• Topic: Band (Music)
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Marching bands (Music)
• Object number: 2013.79.10ab
• 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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