Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of a woman
1930-1950
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
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.
A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a woman. She is depicted from the waist up, with her proper right shoulder held slightly forward. She is wearing a dark colored garment with a row of ball-shaped buttons down the front, a collar with rounded front edges, and small cap sleeves that flare out over the long sleeves of the garment. The photographer's mark, printed in the negative, in the bottom right corner reads, [Diaz & / Rogers]. In the top left corner of the image is a handwritten inscription in black ink that reads, [To Lauri / From one Rebel / to another its been / Wonderful / Always Cleo]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the photograph.
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2013.46.25.133
