Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Indoor group portrait of mechanics in a service garage
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 large group of men, most of whom wear hats, situate themselves in contrasting positions around the cars and wooden tables which crowd the foreground of the shot. Four men closest to the camera sit on the front of a black car. Seven men closest to the right frame of the image gather around a disembodied engine sitting on a low table.
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2012.137.7.1
