Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
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
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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