A woman standing in the Japanese Tea Garden, San Francisco

A black and white portrait photograph of an East Asian woman wearing a kimono. She stands on a path, possibly with steps leading downwards behind her to her right. Linear shadows of an object out of the frame are cast diagonally across her body. On her left is patch of vegetation. The shadow of a person’s head wearing a hat with a brim can be seen in the bottom left corner of the image. Original caption (in white beneath the photograph): ‘Waitress Japanese Tea Gardens / San Francisco’.

Object Details

ID: ALB1087.43
Type: Photographic print
Display location: Not on display
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London