Photograph of Lue Swarz: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Lue Swarz. Swarz is depicted from the shoulders up with her head turned towards the right side of the image. Swarz’s face is mostly in shadow with just her proper left cheekbone and forehead visible. She is wearing a light colored, ruffled garment which is also mostly in shadow. She is smiling and her eyes are closed. Centered in the bottom third of the image is an inscription in white ink that reads, [To Sally / one of my best friends; / from Lue Swarz / Feb. 4, 1937]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the image.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: February 4, 1937
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Lue Swarz, American
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: portraits
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 7/16 × 7 1/2 in. (23.9 × 19 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Topic: Theatre
• Object number: 2013.46.25.119
• 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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