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Photograph of an unidentified man

1917-1920

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 an unidentified man whose surname is Townsend by F G S Jr. in Nashville, Tennessee. The chest-up portrait captures him looking to the left while wearing a pinstriped suit with a striped tie and handkerchief in the proper left chest pocket. The photograph has a rectangular mat. On the front, lower right corner is [F. G. S. JR. / NASHVILLE]. The front cover is torn off the rest of the mat, which is in turn coming up from the backing. The photograph is fastened to the backing with a pin.

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Catalog reference: 2011.36.8

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