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Photograph of a woman standing in front of a car

1920s

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 sepia tone photograph of an unidentified woman standing in front of a car. The photograph is in portrait orientation. The woman is posing in front of a 1920s style car, standing between the car’s two headlights. She is facing the viewer with her chin tilted towards her proper right shoulder and wearing a small smile. She is holding both hands in front of her griping the top edge of a small leather clutch. She is wearing a floral patterned, medium tone, drop waist dress with a dark bow at the base of the V-neck neckline. She is also wearing a matinee length strand of graduated beads around her neck and a cloche hat that matches her dress. In the background on the left is a building with a sign that reads [WOOD’S / C / A [---?]], a lamppost, and the tops of two trees.

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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗

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Catalog reference: 2021.13.17

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