Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Portrait of Steven Rae and Edgar Earl Patton
1970
Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
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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 Steven Renee (left) and Edgar Earl (right) Patton. The two boys are standing in front of a wire fence. Steven Renee wears a pair of overalls and has his arms raised behind his head and holding the fence. Edgar Earl wears a long sleeved button-up shirt and long pants. His hands are in his back pockets. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.
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Catalog reference: 2018.21.94
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