Janice Shepardson and Friends in a Bar

Date1947

MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image size): 7 15/16 x 4 15/16in. (20.2 x 12.5cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Dina Jorge

DescriptionTwo similar images of young women posing at a bar, probably a photographer's prop. Two women are seated on the bar with their legs crossed, and there are other women standing behind it. Some of the women hold bottles, some hold cigarettes. The background is painted to look like the back of a bar with a mirror and bottles on the wall. Although some of the same women are in each picture, they appear to be taken at different times as they are wearing different clothing, and some of the hair styles are different.

Object number2002.109.31-.32

InscribedInscription on verso of photographs are as follows [left to right order may not correspond to order in photograph]:
2002.109.31 On verso, at top, in blue ink: "Janice Shepardson / B. J. Sinclair / Evie Belcher" [the girl on the far right is not identified]
On recto of mat, lower right corner, in blue ink: "Hartford / April 3, 1947"

2002.109.32 On verso, at top right, in blue ink (partially smudged): "Evie Belcher / Janice Marsh / Joan Phelps / B. J. Sinclair / Cathie (friend of Joan's) / [my]self."

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