Betty Carter, Jazz Vocalist

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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.

Black and white photograph of Betty Carter pictured smiling, looking at the camera. She is pictured in the lower two-thirds of the image wearing a large wool coat, dark shirt, and geometric head wrap. She stands in front of a gauzy fabric background. A narrow bit of light is in the background in the right third of the image. The image has a narrow black border and is centered on a white background. Below the image is handwritten text with the title, date, and artist signature [Betty Carter - JAZZ Vocalist - '76'/A. Barboza]. On the back in the upper left quadrant is text in pencil written vertically [Betty/Carter/March 76].

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