Untitled (Mother Sharing Birthing Stories)

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

A black and white image of four (4) women and a baby seated on a bench. The woman on the far left, in the foreground wears a diamond patterned dress with a head scarf and glasses. The second to the left woman wears a light-colored shirt and checkered skirt. She also has a checkered bow tied around her hair. She also wears a white bow collar and pearls around her neck. In her proper right front pocket of her shirt are some pieces of paper. Her hands are folded in her lap. The woman second to the right is Martha Sapp. Sapp wears a light-colored dress with stylized triangles sewn to her collar. Her shirt front has three sparkly buttons and she wears a white, round earring in her proper right ear.

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