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Focus scope from the studio of H.C. Anderson

1948 - 1970s

Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Black metal focus scope, used for enlarging. It has a cylindrical viewfinder on an angled arm attached to a rectangular base.

Catalog date
1948 - 1970s
Recorded places
Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
Recorded subjects
African American; American South; Black Enterprise; Business; Communities; Photography; Segregation

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20

Catalog reference: 2007.1.22

Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

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