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Untitled

1970-1989

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 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 a pregnant woman in the spray from a fire hydrant. The woman is wearing shirt and pants and has her hair braided. Her arms are out at her sides and she is smilling. There is a girl standing next to her on the right. Splashes of water are visable behind them and fill the frame. There are two stamps on the back of the photograph. The stamp int he top left reads [(c) COPYRIGHT/ JOHN H. WHITE]. The stamp on the center right reads [(c) PHOTOGRAPH BY / JOHN H. WHITE].

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Catalog reference: 2016.118.4

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