Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Portrait of Carrie May Pittman
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 Carrie May Pittman. Pittman is featured from the chest up. She is mid-laugh and has her proper left hand raised in front of her mouth. The photograph is mounted to a paper frame by plastic photo corners. [Carrie Pittman / 1970 / Martha Olson / Sequence (crossed-out in ink)] is handwritten in pencil on the interior frame below the photograph. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.
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Catalog reference: 2018.21.56
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