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[Negro woman standing in window] – Vintage Wall Art

[Negro woman standing in window], [ca. 1930] — historic photograph
[Negro woman standing in window], [ca. 1930]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Negro woman standing in window]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Here a Black woman stands framed in a window, and the enclosing frame gives the portrait a quiet, self-contained composition. The caption card's wording is unverified and uses a term now considered outdated, so this description relies on the image itself. Doris Ulmann made platinum prints like this around 1930, photographing rural Southern and Appalachian communities, and the Doris Ulmann Foundation gave the collection to the Library of Congress in 1935. Platinum printing yields soft, velvety tonal gradations that suit the close, unhurried attention she brought to her sitters.

Created / published[ca. 1930]
Medium1 photographic print : platinum ; 8 x 6 in. (20 x 15.2 cm.).
GenrePlatinum prints 1930.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from caption card. Gift; Doris Ulmann Foundation, 1935 (DLC/PP-1935:055).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,169 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-115349

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