Usher w/ Fan

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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 by Kenneth Royster of an usher with a fan. The unidentified woman is facing away from the camera. She is wearing a white collared dress and a metal watch. She is standing in front of a white folding chair. Her proper right hand is resting behind her back and holding a paper fan. The fan has a wood handle and a rectangular fan head with a slight curve in the middle. The fan has an image of Jesus on a doorstep. Text at the bottom reads [CHRIST KNOCKING / AT THE DOOR]. There is a wood barrier to the left of the woman. There are other individuals, also dressed in white, visible next to the usher and in the background. The group is standing inside a tent. There is a numerical inscription on the reverse.

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