Photograph of Gladys Bentley

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Object Details

Date: 1927-1945

Photograph by: Unidentified
Subject of: Gladys Bentley, American, 1907 - 1960
Owned by: Laura Cathrell, 1914 - 1999

Description: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of entertainer Gladys Bentley. Bentley is depicted facing the viewer in bust pose. She is wearing a black top hat, dark bow tie, a white dress shirt, and black tuxedo suit jacket. Her top hat is perched slightly towards her proper right shoulder. The edges of the image are faded into an oval-shaped, white background. The print does not have any inscriptions, front or back.

Topic: African American; Blues (Music); Entertainers; Instrumentalists (Musicians); Photography; Singers (Musicians); Women

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title: The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection
Classification: Photographs and Still Images
Movement: Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2013.46.25.15

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions; Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image and sheet): 6 3/16 × 4 1/4 in. (15.7 × 10.8 cm)

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd526a3c67b-8d48-435b-a288-5bf1a5de54d4

Record ID: nmaahc_2013.46.25.15