Untitled (Baby's Christening)

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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.

Black and white image of three (3) adults and one (1) child. On the left half of the image, Martha Sapp holds a child. She is standing with her eyes closed and her proper right hand covering the head of the baby resting on her shoulders. She wears a dark dress with short sleeves. She also wears a round, white earring in her proper right ear. The child in her arms wears a light-colored outfit and is crying into the woman's neck. On the right half of the image is a man with his back to the camera. He wears a dark jacket and stands in front of an arrangement of flowers. Right of the woman is a man looking at the man whose back is turned. He wears a light-colored suit, white shirt, and patterned tie. In the background, in the bottom right corner, is a crowd of people seated, out of focused.

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