Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of Hazel Scott at age three
1923; printed later
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, North and Central America
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
