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Birth of a Culture

2023

Jekyll Island, Glynn County, Georgia, United States, Sea Islands, 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 black-and-white photograph depicting sand dunes on the shore of Jekyll Island, Georgia. The sand dunes appear in the center foreground, sparsely covered with grass. Ocean waves are visible in the right background and trees are in the background on the left, all under a bright, cloud-filled sky. The back of the photograph is blank.

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Catalog reference: 2024.91.10

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