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Photograph of Muriel Millard

1952

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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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 Muriel Millard. Millard is depicted from the shoulders up, in profile, lying on white fur. Her head is turned towards the right edge of the image and her shoulders are nude. Her hair is in an up-do and she has a large, button shaped earring dangling from her proper right ear. In the bottom third of the photograph is a handwritten inscription in blue ink that reads, [To / Laurie / Best Wishes / from M[---?] / Millard[?] / Palace / Theatre / New York. / 52]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the photograph.

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Catalog reference: 2013.46.25.183

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