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Photograph by:
Unidentified  Search this
Subject of:
Eugene Marcus Martin, American, 1888 - 1969  Search this
Gilbert E. DeLorme Sr., American, 1903 - 1975  Search this
Grace McKinley Holmes DeLorme, American, 1906 - 1997  Search this
Alonzo Franklin Herndon, American, 1858 - 1927  Search this
Unidentified Man or Men  Search this
Unidentified Woman or Women  Search this
Atlanta Life Insurance Company, American, founded 1905  Search this
Butler Street YMCA, American, founded 1894  Search this
Medium:
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions:
H x W (Sheet): 8 3/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.8 × 25.3 cm)
H x W (Image): 7 11/16 × 9 7/16 in. (19.5 × 24 cm)
Type:
gelatin silver prints
Place depicted:
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1951
Description:
A black and white photograph of a man speaking at an Atlanta Life Insurance Company reception at the Butler Street YMCA gymnasium. He is wearing a dark suit, a tie with a wavy design, and a white collared shirt. There are several tables of people seated in the background with coffee cups and dessert dishes on the tables. Seated at the speaker’s table, opposite of the speaker with his back to the camera, is Eugene Martin and an unidentified woman. Gilbert E. DeLorme, Sr. and Grace DeLorme are seated to the proper right of the speaker. Behind them, an American flag swag under a basketball net. Overlaying the bottom of the swag is a poster portrait of the founder of Atlanta Life, Alonzo Herndon in three quarters profile. To the left of the portrait is a poster that reads, [ATLANTA / LIFE / NUMBER / 1/ IN ’51], and a poster to the right of the portraits that reads, [CAN YOU IN ’52 / SAY WE WON / IN ’51], with a large pointing fist and a question mark in the center of the poster. To the left of the posters is an elongated Georgia state flag with a circle of stars surrounding a larger star in the canton. A handwritten note on the back in blue ink identifies the subjects and event.
Topic:
African American  Search this
American South  Search this
Business  Search this
Photography  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Margaret Falkener DeLorme, Waldo C. Falkener, Cameron S. Falkener and Gilbert E. DeLorme
Object number:
2014.94.34
Restrictions & Rights:
No Known Copyright Restrictions
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Media Arts-Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd51b97bb5e-cfe0-4630-8336-e21faf083dfe
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.94.34