Photograph by:

Unidentified  Search this

Subject of:

Gilbert E. DeLorme Sr., American, 1903 - 1975  Search this

Grace McKinley Holmes DeLorme, American, 1906 - 1997  Search this

Eugene Marcus Martin, American, 1888 - 1969  Search this

Alonzo Franklin Herndon, American, 1858 - 1927  Search this

Col. Thomas W. Holmes Esq., American, ca. 1882 - 1973  Search this

Mayme E. McKinley Holmes, American, ca. 1885 - 1969  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:

ca. 1950

Description:

A black and white photograph of Gilbert E. DeLorme Sr., speaking at an Atlanta Life Insurance Company reception at the Butler Street YMCA gymnasium. He is standing in the foreground, wearing a dark three-piece suit, a medium toned tie, white collared shirt. Seated at the speaker’s table is Grace DeLorme seated directly behind her husband wearing a black dress and a corsage. The table is covered with flower arrangements, coffee cups and dessert dishes. There are two tables of people in the background. Seated at the speaker’s table, opposite of Gilbert E. DeLorme, Sr. and Grace DeLorme, and with his back to the camera, is Eugene Martin. 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 poster is an elongated Georgia state flag with a circle of stars surrounding a larger star in the canton. To the right of the posters is a partial view of a similar flag. Seated below the posters, against the back wall are Thomas and Mayme Holmes. A handwritten note on the back in blue ink identifies the subjects, location and date.

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:

2014.94.52

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification:

Photographs and Still Images

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

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EDAN-URL:

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