Portrait of a graduation ceremony
Object Details
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of a man making a speech at a graduation ceremony. He is standing at a podium wearing a dark robe in front of two microphones. In front of the podium is an arrangement of flowers. Directly behind him sits five women with graduation robes on and to his left sits a man and a woman.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles Schwartz and Shawn Wilson
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Date
- 1948 - 1970s
- Object number
- 2012.137.7.5
- Photograph by
- Rev. Henry Clay Anderson, American, 1911 - 1998
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Medium
- photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
- Place made
- Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Topic
- African American
- Photography
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2012.137.7.5
