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Photograph of Julia Drake

ca. 1917

Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, 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 Julia Drake taken by Lay Bros. Photography in Nashville, Tennessee. Drake is captured from the chest up and facing to the right. She is wearing a light color dress or shirt with a two-layer necklace. The photograph is housed in a mat fold-out and frame. Watermarks appear all over the matting. In the front, bottom right corner is [Lay Bros / PHOTO / Nashville]. The sitter's name is inside of the front flap in pencil.

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Catalog reference: 2011.36.149

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