Fashion model Louie Smith with camera and hat standing near ferns

ca. 1945-1955

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Fashion model Louie Smith with camera and hat standing near ferns
  • Title
  • Fashion model Louie Smith with camera and hat standing near ferns
  • Creator
  • Harris, Charles Teenie
  • Date
  • ca. 1945-1955
  • Identifier
  • 1996.69.33
  • Source Identifier
  • Carnegie Museum of Art 1996.69.33
  • Description
  • Fashion model Louie Smith was also the first black tipstaff (sheriff's officer; bailiff) hired by the City of Pittsburgh. His career as a model developed in the late 1940s and 50s. Teenie Harris probably hand colored this print himself.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Men--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    African Americans--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Portraits--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Studio portraits--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Fashion models--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Smith, Louie.
  • Source
  • Teenie Harris Photograph Collection, 1920-1970
  • Contributor
  • Carnegie Museum of Art
  • Collection
  • Teenie Harris Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • In Copyright. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).. Rights Holder: Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
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  • Rights Holder
  • Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh