silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions:
H x W (Image and sheet): 4 3/4 × 6 5/8 in. (12.1 × 16.8 cm)
Type:
gelatin silver prints
portraits
Date:
1950-1965
Description:
A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Laura Cathrell and a group of five men and two women at a party. They are depicted in two rows, with the top row standing and the bottom kneeling in front. In the top row are two women, including Cathrell, and three men. Cathrell is depicted on the far right. She is wearing a light colored, three-quarter length sleeve blouse, with a long, dark toned skirt. Her hair is pulled back into a low ponytail. Her proper right left is under the chin of the man kneeing in front of her. On her left, is a man in a dark, thin striped overcoat, white collared shirt, a diamond pattern tie, and a dark Stetson hat. He is holding a cigarette in his proper right hand and wears a comical expression on his face. To his left is a woman standing with her elbows down at her sides and her arms extended outward. She is holding a cigarette in her proper right hand. She is wearing light toned pants and a short sleeve shirt patterned with hearts, spades, diamonds, clubs, jacks, kings and queens. The man behind her is wearing a dark overcoat, white collared shirt, and a black tie. The man one the far left is wearing a light toned overcoat, dark jacket and pants, a white collared shirt, and a dark tie. On the bottom row, the man on the far right is wearing medium toned jacket, white collared shirt, dark tie, and a dark Stetson hat. Cathrell’s hand is under his chin. The man in the center of the bottom row is wearing a medium toned overcoat, black jacket, white collared shirt, and a black tie. On the far left is Birdie Warfield Edison. She has shoulder length hair and curled bangs. She is wearing a thin striped jacket and a white, button down shirt. In the background are polka dot curtains on the right side of the image and a wooden bureau with a framed mirror on the left. There are no inscriptions on the front or back of the photograph.
