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Portrait of Chrystelle Magee Goff and Emma (Minnie) Magee

1970

Columbia, 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 Chrystelle Magee Goff and her grandmother Emma (Minnie) Magee on a porch. Goff stands behind Magee, who is sitting in a wooden chair. Goff is looking at the camera and has her proper left hand on the back of Magee's chair. Magee is looking down at fabric that she is holding in her hands. The photograph is mounted to a paper frame. Below the photograph handwritten text in ink reads: [Christelle (sic) & Ms. Emma Magee 1970 Martha Olson]. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

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Catalog reference: 2018.21.20

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