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Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, 2011.344.968  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical …
Black Man with Straw Hat at Okeetee Club
Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, 2011.344.968 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Black Man with Straw Hat at Okeetee Club

Photographer (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
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.
Object number2011.344.968
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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Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, 2011.344.14 © 2012 The Connecticut Historical So…
Harriet V. S. Thorne
about 1905
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Harriet V. S. Thorne
about 1905
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Harriet V. S. Thorne
about 1905
Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, 2011.344.1  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical So…
Harriet V. S. Thorne
about 1900
Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, 2011.344.957  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical …
Harriet V. S. Thorne
about 1900
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Harriet V. S. Thorne
about 1900
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Harriet V. S. Thorne
about 1900
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Harriet V. S. Thorne
about 1900
Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, 2011.344.976  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical …
Harriet V. S. Thorne
about 1905
Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, 2011.344.1211  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical…
Harriet V. S. Thorne
about 1975
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Harriet V. S. Thorne
about 1895