Photographic print of young boy in casket

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 a small boy lying in an open casket lined in plush, quilted fabric. Fern fronds and lit lamps surround the casket on either side. There is an imprint of a palm tree in the bottom right corner of the border on the front of the photograph. The back of the photograph has an inscription, by hand, of the number: [206] and a photographer's stamp.

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