Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Untitled (Swabs for baby's eyes)
1952; printed 2005
Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
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 and white image of women's hands. On the left side of the image is one pair of hands with the person holding a packet of cotton swabs, center, in their proper left hand. The person's proper left hand is rests on the finial of a chair back. In the upper right of the image is an arm reaching down, grabbing a swab from the packet. The person's forearm is bare with a sleeve cuff seen at her elbow. Behind, in the background, is a table with dishes and a pot on top. The lower right of the image is in shadow.
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Catalog reference: 2009.1.10
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