Photographs of two (2) unidentified women

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

2013.46.25.121: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of woman posing in a spotlight. The woman is depicted seated with her proper left leg tucked beneath her and her proper right leg crossed over her proper left knee. Her upper torso is cast in a spotlight. She is leaning slightly forward with her proper right hand resting just below her proper right shoulder and her proper left hand splayed just below her chin. Her head is turned towards the left side of the image and her chin is tilted slightly upwards. She is wearing a black, low cut garment, metallic colored high heeled shoes, and has a white flower tucked in her shoulder length hair. The rest of the image is in dark shadows. The photographer’s mark, printed in the negative in the bottom left corner reads, [Bloom / CHICAGO].

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