Photograph of Velma Middleton: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of Velma Middleton: Date: 1937. Photograph by: Stanley Photography, American. Subject of: Velma Middleton, American, 1917 - 1961.
The object in the museum catalogue
A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Velma Middleton. Middleton is depicted from the shoulders up, against a white background. She is in three-quarters profile and looks towards the right edge of the photograph. She wears diamond-shaped earrings and she shoulders are bare. The photographer's mark is printed in the negative in the bottom right corner and reads, [Stanley Photo. / Phila. Pa.]. There are also additional pencil notations written on the back of the photograph.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1937
- Photograph by: Stanley Photography, American
- Subject of: Velma Middleton, American, 1917 - 1961
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Type: portraits
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 3/8 × 7 5/8 in. (23.8 × 19.3 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 9 15/16 × 8 1/16 in. (25.3 × 20.4 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Entertainers
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2013.46.25.86
- 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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