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Portrait of Carrie May Pittman

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 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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