Eddie Faye Gates, American, 1934 - 2021 Search this
Medium:
digital
Dimensions:
H x W: 2985 pixels × 4293 pixels, 41 MB
Type:
portraits
digital images
digital media - born analog
Place collected:
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
Place captured:
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1996
Description:
Digital image of a Perryman family reunion. The color image is of twenty people kneeling and standing in two rows in a yard in front of a house. They are smiling and looking at the photographer. They are dressed formally with the men wearing suits and the women wearing dresses. Three small children are in the photograph. The back of the original photographic print is inscribed in red and blue ink with “#28 / P. 92 / Black/Creek Indian Perryman / family Reunion, Tulsa, June 1996. / (Shoot down, if necessary).”
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Eddie Faye Gates, Tulsa OK, author, historian, community activist