Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, 2011.344.968 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical ...

Black Man with Straw Hat at Okeetee Club

PhotographerPhotographed by Harriet V. S. Thorne (American, 1843 - 1926)

Dateabout 1900

MediumPhotography; platinum print on paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 6 3/8 x 4 3/8in. (16.2 x 11.1cm) Sheet (height x width): 6 3/8 x 4 3/8in. (16.2 x 11.1cm) Other (mat height x width): 19 1/4 x 14 1/4in. (48.9 x 36.2cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation

Object number2011.344.968

DescriptionFrontal portrait of an African-American man wearing a beat-up straw hat. He is wearing a jacket and looking straight at the camera. Wallpaper or a decorative backdrop is visible behind him.

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NotesSubject Note: Okeetee Club, incorporated in 1894 and possibly designed by the New York, N.Y. architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, was founded as a hunting club in Ridgeland, South Carolina. Jonathan Thorne, Jr., Harriet V.S. Thorne's husband, was a co-founder and is listed as having been present during the years of 1895-1897, 1899-1907, 1909 and 1914. It is unclear whether Harriet was in attendance with her husband.

From Rollie Thorne McKenna's correspondence with Leland M. Roth, Assistant Professor of Art History, University of Oregon and Gay Attaway, 1979.

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