Portrait of grammar school kids at a Christmas choir event: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black and white photograph of grammar school children preforming in a choir during a Christmas event. The photograph features a group of young girls in the foreground of the photograph. Most of the girls look towards the right of the photograph, while others look towards the camera or down towards the ground. Additional children can be see standing in the background. Above, on risers, children are partially visible behind music stands. The photograph is mounted to a paper frame. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1970
• Photograph by: Martha Olson, American
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: portraits
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Paper Frame Closed): 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Paper Frame Open): 17 × 28 in. (43.2 × 71.1 cm)
• Place depicted: Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Child musicians
• Topic: Children
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Holidays and festivals
• Topic: Music
• Object number: 2018.21.76
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Martha Olson Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.