Grave diggers

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 digging a grave. A boy is standing on the right wearing a knit hat and winter coat. Two men are digging the grave with shovels. One man has his back turned to the camera and is wearing a suit jacket and pants. The other man is on the left of the photograph and is wearing a knit hat and a collard winter coat. There are flowers on the ground near the grave and funeral attendees are standing around the grave site. There are no inscriptions, front or back.

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