Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Portrait of unidentified grammar school student
1970
Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
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 an unidentified grammar school student. The young girl is pictured from the chest up. Her body faces the left of the image and her head is turned towards the camera, chin resting on her proper left shoulder. She is wearing a long-sleeved shirt with a pinafore. The photograph is mounted to a paper frame. Below the photograph handwritten text in ink reads: [Olson]. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.
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Catalog reference: 2018.21.14
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