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Photograph of a group of people on steps of a house in The Bahamas

1936

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 a group of eleven men and women standing on the porch steps of a house in Nassau, The Bahamas. A man and a young child stand behind the railing on the right side. Sarah W. Layten is in the upper left corner with Jessie C. Mapp next to her. Willa A. Townsend sits on the steps on the right bottom corner with Dr. Arthur M. Townsend standing to her proper right. On the back, the location is handwritten in pencil [at Nassau, Bahamas]. There is also a sideways stamp logo [DURY'S / The Mark of Quality].

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Catalog reference: 2011.36.29

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