Maureen Smith playing the piano

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Repository

LaBudde Special Collections

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Description

Maureen Smith stands with her left side to the photographer and turns her head toward her left shoulder to smile at the photographer as she stands with her hands on the keys of a upright piano. She wears earrings, a floral print blouse, a solid suit jacket and a matching mid-length pleated skirt with flat shoes with ankle straps. A printed signature on the bottom left says, "Bloom Chicago."

Member of

Dolores Hobley Collection

Language English

Date Published

1951

1960

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Subject, Old

African American jazz musicians

Jazz musicians

Pianists

Piano

African American women

Image Credit

Bloom (Chicago)

Time Period

1951-1960

Subject (Geographic)

Chicago (Ill.)

Subject (Geographic, LCSH)

Chicago (Ill.)

Notes

No date; likely circa 1950, Purchased from Dolores Hobley, c. early 2010s. Handwritten on back, "Maureen Smith.", Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original

1 photograph : black and white print ; 26 x 21 cm

Filename

umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-013.tif

Genres

Gelatin silver prints

Black & white photographs

Portrait photographs

Publicity photographs

Type

photographs