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Photograph of a Moses Bowden

ca. 1915

Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

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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 photograph of Moses Bowden by Lay Brothers Photography in Nashville, Tennessee. Bowden is facing forward and slightly left. He is wearing a dark color suit with a vertically striped shirt and a dark color tie. In his proper left pocket is a handkerchief with a dangling piece. The photograph has an oval outline, rectangular mat frame with a backing. At the bottom margin on the front of the mat is [Lay / NASHVILLE, TENN.]. On the back, the sitter's name in pencil [Moses Bowden].

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Catalog reference: 2011.36.139

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