Photographic print of Thelma Thompson and her three children

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 Thelma Thompson and her three children, Christopher, Mark, and Barbarette in their home in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The home has peeling wall paper and lace curtains over the windows. Thompson sits on a bed aligned with the left side of the frame with her two sons, Christopher and Mark, seated next to her and on her lap; to her proper left, her daughter, Barbarettem stands next to her. A chest of drawers is aligned with the right side of the frame. The back of the photograph has an inscription of the number: [327.01] and a photographer's stamp.

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