Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Group portrait of three young women during National Book Week
1948 - 1970s
Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
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 three young women setting up a small table for National Book Week. A sign being posted above the table reads "NAT'L BOOK WEEK / READ ABOUT / THE NEGO IN" with genres "Music," "Fact," "Biog," "Fiction," and "Thought" arrayed underneath. The visible books on the table are "The Mississippi Girl," Really the Blues," and "A Rising Wind." The women wear jackets, skirts, and shoes.
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2012.137.3.45
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