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Indoor portrait of patients in a hospital ward

1948 - 1970s

Greenville, Washington 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 hospital ward. There is a row of beds on the left with men either laying or sitting beside each one. In front of the beds is a nurse pushing a cart and a man behind her in a light shirt and pants. More beds are on the opposite side, all filled with people, some standing.

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Catalog reference: 2012.137.7.21

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