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Photograph of Hazel Scott at age three

1923; printed later

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 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 reprint of a black-and-white photograph of Hazel Scott at age three. Scott is depicted in full length next to a piano bench. Scott is standing with her proper left arm akimbo and her proper right hand resting on top of a piece of white paper resting on the surface of the bench. Her proper right leg is crossed over her proper left at the ankle. She is wearing a black dress with blousy peasant top cinched at the waist with a plain white belt. Two white pom-poms dangle from strings at the front center of the neckline. She is also wearing a black shorts, calf high striped socks, and white shoes. Her hair is pulled back and secured with a large, medium tone bow at the back of her head. She is facing the viewer and has a slight smile on her face.

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Catalog reference: 2023.101.2

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