Details
Title [Portrait of an African American family] [graphic] / Mosby.
Publisher [United States]
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1936
Date 1936
Physical Description 1 photograph : platinum ; sheet 8 x 10 in.
Description Family portrait of several generations of a middle-class African American family posed in front of a Christmas tree. The family, attired in suits and dresses, sit and stand in the living room. In the foreground, an African American boy sits on the floor, crossed legged, and smiles at the viewer. Behind him, seven men and women sit on chairs. Two young girls sit on the laps of the older men. Nine men and women stand behind the chairs. In the background, the top of a decorated Christmas tree is visible.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Date written on recto: Mosby 1936.
Purchase 1993.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject African American boys.
African American families.
African American girls.
African American men.
African American women.
Christmas -- United States.
Older people.
Genre Group portraits -- 1930-1940.
Platinum prints -- 1930-1940.
Portrait photographs -- 1930-1940.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| group portrait photographs - family [P.9410.31]
Accession number P.9410.31