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Photograph of Rev. D. A. Townsend and Dr. A. M. Townsend standing on front steps

ca. 1907

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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 Rev. Doc Anderson Townsend (left) and his son Dr. Arthur Melvin Townsend (right). The men are standing in front of a building and both wearing formal wear. There is a slight tear n the photograph near Dr. Townsend's proper right leg. On the back of the photograph in pencil, [16116/4].

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Catalog reference: 2011.36.34

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