Created by:

Joe Schwartz, American, 1913 - 2013  Search this

Subject of:

Unidentified Woman or Women  Search this

Medium:

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 14 1/2 x 11 1/8 in. (36.8 x 28.3 cm)

Type:

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Place depicted:

Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1960s

Caption:

Bertha - Santa Monica, California, 1960's

Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 163.

Description:

A black-and-white photograph of woman (presumedly Bertha) standing in the doorway of the "House of 'Bertha.'" The business offers card reading, tea reading, palm reading, and psychoanalysis.

Topic:

African American  Search this

Amusements  Search this

Photography  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joe Schwartz and Family

Object number:

2010.74.126

Restrictions & Rights:

© Joe Schwartz

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

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Photographs and Still Images

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5aac20eac-7e37-4ad4-92c2-5176cf5332cd

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2010.74.126