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Photograph of midwife Susie Carey

1940 - 1953

Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia, 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 third-generation midwife Susie Carey, standing on a dirt road in a rural landscape. She is wearing a white dress, black shoes and dark cardigan sweater. Her hair is pulled back and she wears glasses. On the verso is a handwritten inscription reading [Susie Carey].

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Catalog reference: 2014.282

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