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Photograph of Mary Mooney attending the trial of the Scottsboro boys

October 11, 1932

Scottsboro, Jackson County, Alabama, 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.

This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of Mary Mooney with a group of people attending the Scottsboro Trial. Mooney is standing in the center of the group and wears a long, dark-colored pea coat with fur at the collar. The woman on the left is also wearing a long, dark-colored pea coat with light-colored fur around the collar. The man next to her is standing on steps that lead to a building not captured in the photograph. He is wearing a three piece suit and is holding a hat in his hands. The two men standing on the right are both wearing three piece suits. All pictured are dressed in formal outerwear; there are two wide steps on which the man on the far left is standing. He is wearing a suit and is holding a hat in his hand.

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Catalog reference: 2014.37.39.2

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