Charlene's birthday party at the Crawford Grill, with singer Boots Parker and Marion (Courier employee) attending

ca. 1925-1945

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Charlene's birthday party at the Crawford Grill, with singer Boots Parker and Marion (Courier employee) attending
  • Title
  • Charlene's birthday party at the Crawford Grill, with singer Boots Parker and Marion (Courier employee) attending
  • Creator
  • Harris, Charles Teenie
  • Date
  • ca. 1925-1945
  • Identifier
  • 1996.69.283
  • Source Identifier
  • Carnegie Museum of Art 1996.69.283
  • Description
  • Twelve people surround a birthday cake at the Crawford Grill. The party is for Charlene, who is cutting the cake. The person at the far left is Boots Parker, a singer at the Crawford Grill. The woman at the right in the hat decorated with pheasant feathers is Marion, who worked for the Courier. Charlene is wearing a long formal dress with lace gloves. Clothing styles suggest a date in the 1930s. Therefore, it is likely that the party is set in Crawford Grill No. 1 at 1401 Wylie Avenue, opened in 1931.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Crawford Grill (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Cakes--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Men--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Women--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Social life and customs--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Parker, Boots.
    Restaurants--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Group portraits--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    African Americans--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    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