Gelatin silver print of Mary Church Terrell
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Object Details
- Photograph by
- Addison N. Scurlock, American, 1883 - 1964
- Subject of
- Mary Church Terrell, American, 1863 - 1954
- Owned by
- Mary Church Terrell, American, 1863 - 1954
- Description
- A black and white photograph of Mary Church Terrell (TA2017.13.10.2). She is depicted seated in profile from the waist up. The left side of her face is visible. She is wearing a light colored beaded and fringed evening dress. She wears her hair in a loose up-do. There is a photographer's stamp embossed in the bottom left corner. There are several handwritten inscriptions on the reverse, one reading [Mary Church Terrell] and the another reading [Defender].
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ray and Jean Langston in memory of Mary Church and Robert Terrell
- ca. 1910
- Object number
- TA2017.13.10.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image and Sheet): 7 × 5 in. (17.8 × 12.7 cm)
- Place captured
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Collection title
- Mary Church Terrell Family Archive
- Classification
- Archival Collections
- Photographs and Still Images
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- Education
- Local and regional
- Photography
- Social reform
- Women
- Record ID
- nmaahc_TA2017.13.10.2
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b18e887b-5c9b-4759-b70b-e4d856030743
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