Mrs. Laura Pringle, New Orleans Voter Registration

1971

R. J. Romaguera

Associated Names
R. J. Romaguera

Artist, American, active c. 1970s

Three individuals are shown in the image. An older woman is seated at a table, writing on a piece of paper, with two men standing or leaning nearby. The woman has short gray hair and eyeglasses. She is dressed in a striped dress with a lace collar. One of the men, with glasses and wearing a suit with a striped tie, leans on the table. He has short, slicked-back hair. The other man, standing between them and slightly bent forward, is also wearing glasses and a suit with a patterned tie. The table has a black object and scattered papers on it. The background features light-colored curtains and potted plants on the windowsill.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

retouching across recto in gray paint; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: AF110B; upper left Historic Images barcode sticker; by unknown hand, upper center in blue ink: 3 3/4; center in graphite: 3 col / w/ Voter; center stamped in red ink: PHOTO BY / R. J. ROMAGUERA; center: STATES / COMET; lower center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: --States-Item photo. / MRS. LAURA PRINGLE, 86, registers to vote for the first time in her life, / just five hours before the books closed of the Nov. 6 primaries. Looking on / as she signs her name are ANTONIO E. PAPALE, [circled in black ink] standing, Orleans Parish / Registrar of Voters, and LOUIS P. NIKLAUS, [circled in black ink] chief deputy in the registrar's / office.; lower right stamped in red ink: OCT 7 1971


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