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Photographic print of three men including Joseph Abrams and Boisie Pryor

early 20th century

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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.

A black-and-white photograph of three (3) men, one older and two younger, in front of two (2) wood-sided houses. The oldest man, at proper left, is kneeling. He is dressed in a dark-colored 3-piece suit and holding a brimmed hat in his right hand over his right knee. The younger men also are wearing dark-colored 3-piece suits. They are standing to the proper right of the older man, leaning forward with their left hands on their thighs and their right hands resting on the person in front of them. The young man in the middle, identified on the back of the photograph as Joseph Abrams, is wearing horizontal striped socks. The young man on the proper right, identified on the back of the photograph, is Boisie Pryor.

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Catalog reference: 2014.75.10

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