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Eunice Cook and Mary McLeod Bethune standing in front of fireplace in domestic interior

ca. 1945-50; printed 2000

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 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 two women standing, arms around each other's backs. Both are looking at the camera and smiling. The woman on the left (Eunice Cook) is wearing a dress with a satin sash around the middle, flower buttons, and a flower brooch at her left shoulder. The woman on the right (Mary McLeod Bethune) has white hair and is wearing a striped skirt suit. They appear to be standing in front of a fireplace with a mirror over the mantel. A house plant is visible on the right edge of the image.

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Catalog reference: 2013.48

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