Photographic print of Maxine Sullivan: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photographic print of Maxine Sullivan: Date: 1948-1954. Photograph by: S. L. Fry. Subject of: Maxine Sullivan, American, 1911 - 1987.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black and white photograph of Maxine Sullivan standing at a microphone. She is wearing a long dress with spaghetti straps, earrings, a necklace, and a bangle. The back of the photograph has a photographer's stamp and numbers.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1948-1954
- Photograph by: S. L. Fry
- Subject of: Maxine Sullivan, American, 1911 - 1987
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Type: portraits
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 5 1/2 × 3 13/16 in. (14 × 9.7 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 5 3/4 × 4 in. (14.6 × 10.2 cm)
- Place depicted: 15 South Eastern Road, Strood, Kent, England, Europe
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2013.46.29.69
- 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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