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Portrait of an unidentified woman seated in a chair

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 woman sitting in a chair. The woman, featured from the waist up, is facing the camera and has her hands clasped together in front of her. She is wearing a sweater over a gingham-patterned dress and has cat-eye glasses. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

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Catalog reference: 2018.21.81

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