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Photograph of Lucile Jeffries

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 card photograph of Lucile Jeffries taken by Lay Brothers Photography in Nashville, Tennessee. Jefferies is captured from the chest up and facing to the left. She is wearing a light color shirt or dress with a metal necklace and her hair is in a low ponytail held with a metal hairpiece. The photograph has an oval mat frame and backing. The front, bottom right corner is stamped with [Lay / NASHVILLE, TENN.]. On the back, the sitter's name at top in pencil [Lucile Jeffries].

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Catalog reference: 2011.36.152

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