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Portrait of grammar school kids at a Christmas choir event

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 grammar school children preforming in a choir during a Christmas event. The photograph features a group of young girls in the foreground of the photograph. Most of the girls look towards the right of the photograph, while others look towards the camera or down towards the ground. Additional children can be see standing in the background. Above, on risers, children are partially visible behind music stands. The photograph is mounted to a paper frame. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

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Catalog reference: 2018.21.76

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