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Graduation portrait of Octavia C. Long

June 1909

Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, 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 photograph, matted and framed by brown cardboard, and laminated in plastic. The woman wears a college graduate's cap and gown. Her name, Octavia C. Long, is written on the back in pencil.

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Catalog reference: 2011.79.10

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