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Photograph of a man

1916

Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, United States, North and Central America

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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.

Black and white photograph of a man. Wearing a dark suit and light shirt, a mustache and a light colored fedora, he gazes straight ahead, slightly to the viewer's left. A star within a circle, possibly a Masonic symbol, is partially visible under his open coat. The photograph is surrounded by a white margin. Under the photograph, handwritten in pencil are the words "by L. Harper Jr. / Artist. Galveston Tex/ 1916." The photograph is set in a brown cardboard folder with two leaves. On the reverse of the back flap are the words "Electra Mat Folder/ Gray Brown/ Size/ Folder/ For Photograph per 100/ F/ 6 1/4 x 9 1/4/ Cabinet Square/ $8.00/ 50 in a box/ SCHAEFFER PHOTO SUPPLY CO. / HOUSTON, TEXAS."

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Catalog reference: 2014.37.30.2

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