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Photograph of an Atlanta Life Insurance Company, Chicago branch event

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Description
A black and white photograph of an event held by the Chicago branch of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company. The photograph is of group women and men who are dressed up for a social event. Standing just to the right of the center of the photograph is Fred Toomer, wearing a tweed jacket, medium toned pants, a patterned tie and glasses. Behind him and slightly to the right is Gilbert DeLorme, Sr. Charles W. Greene stands to the far right wearing a light colored suit with a light flower and dark tie. The other men in the photograph are all wearing suits and ties. Three of the women on the left side of the photograph are wearing mink coats and hats. Dr. Henry Leon Lang wears glasses and stands behind a woman wearing a mink coat and holding light colored gloves in her hands. One woman on the far left of the photograph is wearing a dark coat, dark hat and a five stand pearl necklace choker. There is a fern tree in the left foreground. A stamp in purple ink on the back, center identifies the photographer. A handwritten note in blue ink on the back identifies the subjects and location.
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Margaret Falkener DeLorme, Waldo C. Falkener, Cameron S. Falkener and Gilbert E. DeLorme
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Date
ca. 1950
Object number
2014.94.44
Photograph by
Cleodia H. Lyles, American, 1924 - 1974
Subject of
Fred Armon Toomer, American, 1889 - 1961
Gilbert E. DeLorme Sr., American, 1903 - 1975
Charles W. Greene Sr., American, 1894 - 1974
Dr. Henry Leon Lang, American, 1900 - 1968
Unidentified Woman or Women
Unidentified Man or Men
Atlanta Life Insurance Company, American, founded 1905
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Type
gelatin silver prints
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (Sheet): 8 1/8 × 9 15/16 in. (20.7 × 25.3 cm)
H x W (Image): 7 5/8 × 9 7/16 in. (19.3 × 24 cm)
Place depicted
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
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Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Topic
African American
Amusements
Business
Photography
Record ID
nmaahc_2014.94.44
Usage
CC0
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5bbefefb1-f365-49c2-a123-06dfadbba6cd
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