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Oversized photograph of George E. Watson

ca. 1885

Globe, Gila County, Arizona, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

An oversized print depicting a man identified as George E. Watson, mounted on oversized card . Posed standing against an architectural studio backdrop, George E. Watson wears a dark button-front jacket and trousers. He holds a hat in his proper left hand and rests his proper right hand on an intricate rattan chair. Below the photograph, at the bottom middle of the card, is a raised maker’s crest with [A. Miller] engraved in its middle. To the right of the maker’s mark is another engraved mark: [ GLOBE / ARIZONA]. There are various numerical graphite inscriptions as well as [George E. Watson.] written on the reverse of the card.

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Catalog reference: 2013.244.10

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