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Portrait of Myree Aikens

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 color photograph of Myree Aikens Jackson. Jackson is featured at center wearing a yellow top. She has her hair in pigtails and her arms crossed in front of her. Another woman in a yellow dress is partially visible in the back right of the photograph. There is a pre-printed date on the top of the image paper that reads [Dec 70]. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

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Catalog reference: 2018.21.118

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