Group portrait of men and a beauty queen at the Frogs' annual formal dance

ca. 1925-1973

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Group portrait of men and a beauty queen at the Frogs' annual formal dance
  • Title
  • Group portrait of men and a beauty queen at the Frogs' annual formal dance
  • Creator
  • Harris, Charles Teenie
  • Date
  • ca. 1925-1973
  • Identifier
  • 1996.69.290
  • Source Identifier
  • Carnegie Museum of Art 1996.69.290
  • Description
  • The Frogs (Friendly Rivalry Often Generates Success) is a mens' social club organized in 1910. The Frogs' formal was an annual dance. Here members of the Frogs line up behind a beauty queen in a ballroom. The men are dressed in tuxedos and dinner jackets with corsage lapel ribbons, and some also display The Frogs logo patch. The beauty queen wears a full-length dress and carries a bouquet of flowers. One man holds a document that is illegible in this photograph. A Frogs poster has been attached to the curtain in the background.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • African Americans--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Social life and customs--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Group portraits--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Men--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Dancing--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Charities--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Women--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    FROGS Club (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Interiors--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Teenie Harris Photograph Collection, 1920-1970
  • Contributor
  • Carnegie Museum of Art
  • Collection
  • Teenie Harris Photographs
  • Rights Information
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  • Rights Holder
  • Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh