Photograph of a man

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 an unidentified man. The man is depicted in bust pose. He is leaning on his proper left elbow, with his hands folded over each other, and his head is turned towards the viewer. He is wearing a dark toned suit, white collared shirt, and a patterned tie. He has a metal watch on his proper left wrist and a white pocket square in his proper left breast pocket. He is shown against a white gradient background. In the top left corner of the photograph is a handwritten inscription in blue ink that reads, [Laurie Cathrell / “the epomity[sic] of / life is --- having you as / a friend”… & I have same… / Your life lime pal / Harvey-]. The photographer's mark, printed in the negative, located in the bottom right corner reads, [Diaz & / Rogers / N.[Y.?]].

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