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Photographic print of of 3 men, 2 boys and 1 woman posing on a porch

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 a group of two (2) older men, one (1) woman, one (1) young man, and two (2) boys in front of a house porch. The two boys are sitting in the grass in the foreground of the photograph. One of the men is sitting behind one of the boys, laughing, with his feet on the boy's shoulders. The other older man, the woman, and the young man, are in a row behind them. The two men are sitting on the edge of the porch, and the woman is standing in between them. The boys are wearing light-colored shirts without jackets, the men are wearing jackets, ties, trousers and hats, and the woman is wearing a hat and a light-colored dress or a blouse and skirt.

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Catalog reference: 2014.75.112

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