Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Islanders gathering before church service
ca 1979; printed 2007
Daufuskie Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America
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.
This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of men and women gathered before church service. Three women wearing hats are sitting on a picnic table bench. A woman wearing a white dress is standing on the right. Another woman is sitting on the picnic table and three men are standing behind the table. Behind and to the left of the picnic table are two tall tree trunks. A wooded area is visible in the background. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
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Catalog reference: 2014.310.44
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