Object Details
- Photograph by
- Rev. Henry Clay Anderson, American, 1911 - 1998
- Subject of
- Lottie R. Herger, American
- William Levi Ware, American
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Mississippi Valley State University, American, founded 1950
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of a beauty queen. She is surrounded by two young girls on her right and a man and another young girl on her left. She is seated in a thrown and is wearing a large crown, a large medallion around her neck and is holding a bouquet of flowers. The three young girls are wearing light dresses with bows in their hair. The man is bowing to the queen. In front of her are some wrapped gifts.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles Schwartz and Shawn Wilson
- 1955
- Object number
- 2012.137.7.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Medium
- photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
- Place made
- Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, 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
- Children
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Photography
- Social life and customs
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2012.137.7.4
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57b3c7f91-5170-4a6e-8386-dd697b800702
