Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Deacon Hamilton puts his coat on after the service
ca 1978; 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 a man putting on his coat. The man has his right arm raised in the air as he puts the arm through his jacket sleeve. He is holding the collar of the jacket with his left hand. Behind him a young boy stands on the front porch of Union Baptist Church. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
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Catalog reference: 2014.310.50
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