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Photograph of Baxter White

1936

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 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 silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Baxter White. White is depicted from the chest up. His proper left shoulder is held slightly forward and his head is turned towards the viewer. He is wearing a tuxedo jacket, white vest, and white bow tie. He is shown against a white gradient background. The photographer's mark, printed in the negative, located in the bottom right corner reads, [Bloom / Chicago]. Baxter’s full name and several notations in pencil are written on the back of the photograph.

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Catalog reference: 2013.46.25.142

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