Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of Gilbert DeLorme, Sr., Atlanta Life Insurance Company
ca. 1950
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, 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 black and white photograph of Gilbert DeLorme, Sr. Mr. DeLorme is seated at a desk in the offices of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company. DeLorme is wearing dark glasses, a medium toned suit, a dark patterned tie, white shirt and a white handkerchief is in his proper left breast pocket. The desk is wooden, DeLorme’s rolling chair, and another chair on the other side of the desk are also wooden. On the desk is a metal piano desk lamp, glass ashtray, leather blotter and some loose papers that Mr. DeLorme is reading. The office has cream colored and half wood paneled walls and a white tiled floor. A handwritten note on the back in blue ink identifies the subject and location.
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Catalog reference: 2014.94.47
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