Woman and Umbrellas, Coney Island

Object Details

Photograph by

Harry Lapow, American, 1909 - 1982

Subject of

Unidentified Woman or Women

Description

This gelatin silver print prominently features a woman facing away from the camera in the right foreground. She wears a white skirt, a feathered hat, and a dark button-down blouse which is open to reveal a bathing suit top; the blouse is gathered and tied under the bust. The sleeves of the blouse are rolled up to the woman's elbows and she holds her sandals in her PR hand. Behind her are three upright umbrellas which stand in a triangle formation; crowded under these umbrellas, and beyond them, is a crowd of mostly seated, fellow beach-goers. The horizon line of the photograph hits just at the woman's hip.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

1958

Object number

2014.166.5

Restrictions & Rights

© Harry Lapow

Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W: 13 × 8 5/8 in. (33 × 21.9 cm)

Place depicted

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

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Photographs and Still Images

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Photography

Recreation

U.S. History, 1953-1961

Record ID

nmaahc_2014.166.5

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ab21525a-6ee9-4413-83aa-1af4ea953a81