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Portrait of an unidentified cafeteria worker with an unidentified baby

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 an unidentified cafeteria worker holding an unidentified child at Marion County High School. The photograph is close-up image of the child, who is staring directly at the camera and is wearing a plaid shirt. The woman, who is only partially visible, has her proper left across the child's chest. The photograph is mounted to a paper frame by plastic photo corners. [Martha Olson] is handwritten in pencil on the interior frame below the photograph. On the back of the photograph is a handwritten inscription reading [Cafeteria woman Holding Baby, Marion County High, 1970].

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Catalog reference: 2018.21.38

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