Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Miss Bertha
1977; 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 woman named Bertha sitting in a chair. She is sitting in a chair and staring off into the distance. She leans on her right arm and rests her face in her palm. Her left arm is resting on the back of the chair while her right arm rests on the table. There are no inscriptions front or back.
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Catalog reference: 2014.310.9
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