Object Details
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American, 1915 - 1973
- Used by
- Richmond Times - Dispatch, American, founded 1850
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Sister Rosetta Tharpe. She is wearing a dark colored dress. She is facing the left side of the photograph. Her left arm is bent at the elbow and her left hand is at chest height. She is walking in front of a chain link fence with plants growing on it. A large tree is on the right side of the photograph. Buildings are in the background. The back of the photograph has a Richmond Times-Dispatch stamp in red ink.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gayle Wald
- 1950s
- Object number
- 2014.98.28
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- black-and-white photographs
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 8 7/8 × 7 5/16 in. (22.6 × 18.5 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 11 × 8 1/8 in. (28 × 20.6 cm)
- Place used
- Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Gospel (Music)
- Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Photography
- Rock and roll (Music)
- Singers (Musicians)
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2014.98.28
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd567fc55de-b38d-4432-8d9c-d807d8ca8a98
