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Digital image of Taylor family members at the beach on Martha's Vineyard

1950s

Oak Bluffs, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States, Martha's Vineyard, 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.

A black-and-white digital image of Taylor family members on the beach on Martha's Vineyard. At center are two (2) women lying on beach blankets, on a stretch of beach on which many people are sitting and standing. The woman closest to the camera has her right arm over her eyes, and the woman behind her is facing towards the camera. In the background are children sitting and playing in the sand. At the horizon line at proper left is a rocky jetty extending out into the ocean.

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Catalog reference: 2014.112.112

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