Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Indoor portrait of patients in a hospital ward
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 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 metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2012.137.7.21
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