Details
Title [African American woman playing tambourine] [graphic].
Publisher [United States]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1925
Date [ca. 1925]
Physical Description 1 photograph : gelatin silver ; sheet 7 x 9 cm (2.5 x 3.5 in.)
Description Snapshot photograph showing an African American woman outside and playing a tambourine between two white women who play guitars. The white woman in the left is partially removed from the view and the white woman in the right is partially obscured by the woman playing tambourine. The tambourine player has her hair pulled back and wears a silk shawl and long, ruffled, tiered skirt. Spectators, including an African American boy attired in overalls, and white men attired in summer suits stand near and behind the women. Wooden warehouse and barn-like structures, including one with signage reading "Sterline," are visible in the background.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Date inferred from format of photograph and attire of sitters.
Gift of Ivan Jurin, 2019.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Subject African American boys.
African American women.
Guitars.
Spectators -- United States.
Tambourines.
Women musicians -- United States.
Genre Gelatin silver prints -- 1920-1930.
Portrait photographs -- 1920-1930.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| portrait photographs - misc. - sitter - female [P.2019.2.1]
Accession number P.2019.2.1