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Photograph of three people in the garden at Rock Rest Tourist Home

1940-1959

Kittery, York County, Maine, 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.

A black-and-white photograph of three people standing by a wooden flower trellis. The two women stand in front of the trellis and the man stands between them, behind the trellis. The women’s bodies are turned towards each other and the man’s body faces forward. All three are looking towards the viewer. The woman on the left is wearing a dark-tone, floral print dress and white shoes. The woman on the right is wearing a light-toned floral print dress with white shoes with a dark stripe across the top and dark heels. The man is wearing a white collared shirt. Behind them is a small structure with white siding and three windows. There are trees in the background. The photograph has a white frame with scalloped edges. A repeating embedded pattern on the verso reads [VELOX] and stamped along the bottom right edge is the text [623C].

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2011.12.54.4

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