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Black and white image of two girls standing in doorway, the girl on the left has her hands rais…
Girls in a Doorway
Black and white image of two girls standing in doorway, the girl on the left has her hands rais…
Black and white image of two girls standing in doorway, the girl on the left has her hands raised to her face to make a funny face

Girls in a Doorway

Object NamePhotograph
Historic Owner
Association
DateOctober 12, 1959
PeriodCold War
Mediumphotographic paper
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Museum purchase. P2017.05.02
Object numberP2017.05.02
DescriptionPhotograph, Black and white; Horizontal image of two young, light-skinned girls in a doorway. The girl on the left is wearing a striped dress and a dark jacket. She has her hands raised to her face to make a funny face. The girl on the right has her arms at her side and is wearing a white shirt, floral skirt, and a headband. There is a white border around the image and the right and left edges are scalloped. The back has “901G23 Polaroid”, “47”, and “5” stamped in black.

Description from accompanying letter dated October 12, 1957 reads “The picture of the 2 8-year-old girls was taken in the door of my apartment just as they are leaving. I had told them that I was going to take their picture and they secretly, they thought, made plans to make a face when I took the picture. I took the picture purposely before the girl on the right could do this and she got angry with me because of this. We’re friends again though.”

For full text of letters, see A2017.05 or ArchivesSpace record https://intrepidmuseum.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/113
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