Photographic print of Maxine Sullivan standing at a microphone: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photographic print of Maxine Sullivan standing at a microphone: 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 in front of a stage curtain. She is wearing a light colored evening gown with spaghetti straps and a full skirt, earrings, a necklace, and a bangle bracelet. The back of the photograph has a photographer's stamp in red ink reading [S.L. FRY, A.R.P.S. / 15 SOUTH EASTERN ROAD / STROOD, KENT].
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: 5 7/16 × 3 13/16 in. (13.8 × 9.7 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W: 5 11/16 × 3 15/16 in. (14.4 × 10 cm)
- Place depicted: Strood, Kent, England, Europe
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2013.46.29.94
- 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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