Scan of a young girl standing on a chair next to an Edison phonograph: Museum Object and Cultural History
Scan of a young girl standing on a chair next to an Edison phonograph: Date: 1919-1925; scanned 2012. Photograph by: John Johnson, American, 1879 - 1953. Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children.
The object in the museum catalogue
A digital scan of a small girl standing next to a phonograph in Lincoln, Nebraska. The girl is dressed all in white with black shoes and she has two white ribbons in her hair. She stands on a wooden chair next to an open phonograph. The girl and phonograph are positioned in front of a backdrop hung on the wooden exterior of a building.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1919-1925; scanned 2012
- Photograph by: John Johnson, American, 1879 - 1953
- Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children
- Created by: Douglas R. Keister, American
- Type: portraits
- Type: digital images
- Type: digital media - born analog
- Medium: digital
- Dimensions: H x W: 8112 pixels × 5772 pixels, 134.02 MB
- Place captured: Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Children
- Topic: Music
- Topic: Photography
- Object number: 2012.56.1.25
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 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: © Douglas Keister Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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