Photograph of a female performer in costume

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 female performer in costume. The woman is depicted standing against a dark curtain. Her proper left arm is raised and her hand rests on the back of her head. Her proper right arm is resting on her proper right hip. She is wearing a light colored, harem-style costume, with a cropped top and wide, full length sleeves, gathered at the wrists as well as light colored, bikini bottoms. Both garments are embellished with sequins. There is an inscription in black ink at the bottom right corner of the photograph, that reads, [To Frank / I Love you / little Boy / From / Pauline / Los Angeles / Cal. / /35/]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the photograph.

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