Name/Title
Unidentified People, 1975Entry/Object ID
2007-012.B416PDescription
Unidentified People, 1975. These ten black and white contact print strips were created for the Lacey Leader newspaper. These images were created using at least three separate film rolls, so some of the physical numbers on the strips are repeated. For the purposes of this description, these strips will be grouped according to the film roll from which they appear to have originally come. Each group will be assigned a lower-case letter to go along with the physical numbers on the strips (ex: 1a, 2a, 3a, 1b, 2b, 3b, etc.) to help differentiate between images.
The images in group "a" show three men and one woman posing individually for portrait-style photos, and one woman speaking on a telephone. Image 43a shows a man with slightly wavy hair parted to his right and glasses. He is wearing a suit jacket and tie. This man's body is oriented toward the right-hand side of the image frame, and his head is turned partially toward the right-hand side of the image frame. He is looking toward the camera and smiling. Image 44a is nearly identical to image 43a, but here the man is facing toward the left-hand side of the image frame and he is showing less of a smile. Image 1a is very similar to image 44a, but here the man is smiling slightly more. Image 2a is very similar to image 1a, but here the man is showing an even larger smile. Image 4a shows a woman seated behind a desk and holding a telephone handset to the left side of her head with her left hand. The woman has wavy hair worn up and she is wearing glasses. She is wearing a blouse with a pattern made up of sun bursts and dots. She appears to have a drawer from a file cabinet sitting on the desk in front of her. Image 5a shows a woman with shoulder-length hair curled inward at the ends, including at the bangs. She is wearing a short-sleeved top with what appears to be a small flower embroidered on the chest. Her head and body are turned partially toward the right-hand side of the image. She is looking toward the camera and smiling. She is shown from the mid-torso up. Image 6a is nearly identical to image 6a. Image 7a is very similar to the previous two images, but here she is turned partially toward the left-hand side of the image frame. Image 8a is nearly identical to image 7a. Image 11a shows a man with chin-length hair parted toward his right and a mustache wearing a plaid shirt and a tie. His body is turned all the way toward the left-hand side of the image, but his head is turned toward the camera. He is looking toward the camera and smiling. Image 12a is nearly identical to image 11a. Image 13a is very similar to the previous two images, but here the man's head is turned more directly toward the camera. Image 25a shows a young man with chin-length hair parted toward his left and large sideburns. He is wearing a hooded sweatshirt over a t-shirt. His head and body are oriented directly toward the camera. He is looking toward the camera and smiling slightly. He is shown from the mid-torso up. Images 26a and 27a are nearly identical to image 25a. Image 28a is similar to the previous three image, but here the young man's head and body are turned partially toward the left-hand side of the image. He is not looking toward the camera. Images 29a and 30a are nearly identical to image 28a. Image 31a is similar to the previous three images, but here the young man's head and body are turned partially toward the right-hand edge of the image frame. Image 32a is similar to images 25a through 27a, but here the young man's head is turned very slightly toward the left-hand side of the image frame.
The images in group "b" show four men and one woman posing for portrait-style photos. Image 8b shows an older man with thinning, combed-back hair and glasses. He is wearing a plaid suit and a tie. His head and body are turned partially toward the left-hand side of the image frame. He is looking toward the camera and smiling. He is shown from the mid-chest up. Image 9b is very similar to the previous image, but here the man is not smiling. Image 10b is similar to the previous image, but here the man is partially turned toward the right-hand side of the image frame. He is not smiling. A portion of a framed art piece is visible hanging on the wall in the background at the left-hand edge of the image. Image 11b shows the man with his head and body oriented directly toward the camera. He is looking toward the camera and smiling. Image 17b shows a man with his hair parted toward his right and glasses wearing a suit and tie. The tie has a pattern made up of small elements which resemble star-shapes. His body is turned almost completely toward the right-hand side of the image frame. His head is turned partially toward the right-hand side of the image frame. He is looking toward the camera and not smiling. Image 18b and 19b are nearly identical to image 17b. Image 28b shows a man with loosely curly hair parted toward his right. He is wearing a dress shirt and patterned tie. His head and body are oriented toward the camera. He is looking toward the camera and not smiling. He is shown from the chest up. A deciduous tree and parked cars are visible in the background. Image 29b is nearly identical to image 28b, but here the man is smiling. Image 30b shows a man with loosely curly hair and a goatee wearing a fisherman's cap with a pattern made up of Budweiser beer labels. He is wearing a denim jacket over a button-up shirt, which is in turn over a t-shirt. His head and body are oriented directly toward the camera, and he is looking toward the camera and smiling. He is shown from the chest up. In the background a bus is partially visible. The man appears to be at a bus stop. Image 31b shows an older woman with short, loosely-curled hair. She is wearing a short-sleeved sweater and a purse strap is visible over her left shoulder. Her body is turned partially toward the right-hand side of the image frame. Her head is oriented directly toward the camera, she is looking toward the camera, and she is smiling.
The images in group "c" show a man with medium-length, slightly wavy hair posing for portrait-style photos. He is wearing glasses and a plaid blazer over a button-up, collared shirt. Image 9c shows the man with his head and body are turned partially toward the right-hand side of the image frame. He is looking toward the camera and is smiling slightly. He is shown from the chest-up. Image 10c is nearly identical to image 9c. Image 11c is very similar to the previous two images, but here the man's head and body are turned partially toward the left-hand side of the image frame. Image 12c is nearly identical to image 11c.Made/Created
Date made
1975 - 1975Notes
Date: 05-14-1975, 05-21-1975, 10-29-1975, 11-19-1975
Medium: Photographic Paper/Photographic Emulsion