Name/Title
THREE UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE ON A DOCKEntry/Object ID
96.7.82.2Description
Color: Black; White
A black and white photograph of three unknown people standing on a dock, October 9, 1929. A man is at the center and wears a hat, a sweater vest, suit jacket, and slacks. He has a mustache and holds a pipe in his mouth. He has his left hand in his pants' pocket and the right hand holding the bottom of his jacket. A woman at the right wears a turban, scarf, and a tree-piece dress. In her right hand she holds a purse. The woman at the right, who was identified as "Harpo" in image 96.7.82.1, wears a white dress, hose, and heels. Both arms are behind her back. A trunk is on the dock behind the three people. At the right of the background is water. The date is stamped in purple on the center of the back along with "ENAMELO / WEBBS." Written in blue ink at the right of the back is, "Waiting for the boat." The image was housed in Agnes Temple's photo album which is item 96.7.94.1 along with many other photographs which span 96.7.1.1-.93.1. Contact sheets 2000.159.1.1-.8 show the original positioning of the images within the album. With some water damage and small stains, the artfact is i good condition overall.
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Two-dimensional, Photographs, Enamelo, Webbs, Clothing and dress