H x W (image): 6 5/8 × 4 9/16 in. (16.9 × 11.6 cm)
H x W (sheet): 6 15/16 × 5 in. (17.7 × 12.7 cm)
Type:
black-and-white photographs
photographs
portraits
Place captured:
United States, North and Central America
Place used:
United States, North and Central America
Date:
late 1980s
Description:
A black-and-white photograph portrait of Delta Air Lines' first African American flight attendant, Patricia Grace Murphy.
Captured in studio, Patricia Grace Murphy poses with her long dark hair pinned back, wearing square earrings, a dark blazer, white collared shirt, dark vest, and striped necktie. On the reverse of the photograph in black ink is an inscription that reads: [PATRICIA MURPHY / 1ST BLACK DELTA / FLIGHT ATTENDANT / PATRICIA GRACE MURPHY LATE 1980’S].
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Casey Grant in honor of Patricia Banks Edmiston, Patricia Grace Murphy and Eugene Harmond
Object number:
2018.50.24.4
Restrictions & Rights:
Unknown – Restrictions Possible
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