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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 a woman and child posing at the beach on Martha's Vineyard. The boy, at proper left, is wearing a shirt, shorts and cap, and has his left arm raised towards the camera. The woman, at proper right, is wearing a bathing suit and is smiling. They are standing near a beach blanket and some seaweed in the sand. In the background is the open sea, and at proper left two (2) women are standing in the ocean.

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Catalog reference: 2014.112.81

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