Object Details
- Photograph by
- Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
- Subject of
- Eartha Kitt, American, 1927 - 2008
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Description
- A black and white photograph of Eartha Kitt and David McDonald standing in a hallway of the Syria Mosque performance venue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Kitt wears a long, light colored coat while carrying a poodle in the crook of her proper left elbow while holding a purse in her proper right hand. Just behind her stands McDonald, just inside a doorway, wearing a suit as he looks off camera. An unidentified woman is visible in the doorway just behind McDonald. Two other people are partially visible in the background. The back of the photograph has a barcoded sticker with a caption.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Charles A. Harris and Beatrice Harris in memory of Charles "Teenie" Harris
- June 1961
- Object number
- 2014.302.47
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles "Teenie" Harris Archive
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 6 1/2 × 8 11/16 in. (16.5 × 22.1 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
- Place depicted
- Oakland, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Black Press
- Entertainers
- Photography
- U.S. History, 1953-1961
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2014.302.47
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a14e46cd-66c7-4488-880a-408224a0eb14
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