Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of Eva Northrup preparing to christen the S.S. Harriet Tubman
June 3, 1944
South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, 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.
A black-and-white photograph of Eva Stewart Northrup next to the stern of the S.S. Harriet Tubman, holding a ceremonial bottle of champagne adorned with ribbons, preparing to christen the ship. The photograph is mounted on a black paper page of a bound photograph album commemorating the event owned by Harriet Tubman's niece, Eva Stewart Northrup.
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Catalog reference: 2009.50.29.5
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