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Portrait of Deloris and Bookter T. Porter

1970

Marion County, Mississippi, 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.

A black and white photograph of Deloris Porter and her brother Booker T. Porter. The two are featured at center holding a piglet. Deloris, to the right, looks up at the camera and smiles. Booker, to the left, is holding the hind legs and looking towards the piglet. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

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Catalog reference: 2018.21.113

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