Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Portrait of Edna Lou Ford
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 Edna Lou Ford. Ford is sitting on the edge of a stage wearing a striped jacket. The top of a metal folding chair is visible by her proper left foot. The photograph is mounted to a paper mat frame. Below the photograph [Martha Olson] is written in ink. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.
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Catalog reference: 2018.21.4
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