silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions:
H x W (Image): 9 5/16 × 7 3/8 in. (23.7 × 18.8 cm)
H x W (Sheet): 10 3/16 × 8 in. (25.8 × 20.3 cm)
Type:
gelatin silver prints
portraits
Place captured:
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1935
Description:
A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Jesse Owens and Jack Oakie. Owens, depicted on the left, standing in profile looking towards Oakie. Owens is wearing a light colored suit. Oakie, depicted on the right, is leaning forward holding a watering can in his proper right hand above Owen’s shoes, as if watering them. He is looking up towards Owens with a comical expression on his face. Oakie is wearing a black tuxedo, a black bow tie, and a white flower in his proper left lapel. They are posing on a sidewalk in front of a large wooden door. Mounted on the door behind them is a partially obscured sign that reads, [[WARNI]NG / [---?] OPEN DOOR / [I]F RED LIGHT / [---?] [B]URNING]. The image is bordered with white and along bottom is centered black text that reads, [Copr. 1935, Paramount Productions, Inc. Permission granted for Newspaper and Magazine reproductions. (Made in U.S.A.)]. A handwritten inscription in blue pencil on the back reads, [Jack Okie [sic] / & / Jessie [sic] Owens].
