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Photograph of Dr. A.M. Townsend and three men in front of kitchen

after 1910

Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, 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 Dr. Arthur Melvin Townsend and three men wearing coats and ties. They are standing outside of a building, in front of a door with a sign saying [KITCHEN] above it. A window is to the right of the door. On back on the photograph is a photography studio stamp [ELECTRIC STUDIO / 112 E. Capitol / Street / [city and state crossed out in pencil] / [the stamp has an 'X' over it in pencil]].

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Catalog reference: 2011.36.45

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