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Photo of the Johnston family

1949

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 photograph of the Johnston family. Starting to the left of the photograph depicts a tall woman in a white dress smiling looking directly into the camera. To the right of her is a man wearing a suit and bowtie. He has a mustache and is holding a cigarette or cigar in his right hand. To his right is a shorter woman also smiling and in a white dress looking directly into the camera. To the right of her is a young boy in a dark suit with only his top button buttoned and a bowtie around his neck. Behind him and slightly to the right is a man looking towards his right smiling. He is in a dark suit and wearing a dark necktie. To the right of him is a man wearing a white naval uniform looking towards his left smiling with both hands behind his back.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2013.118.55

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