Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of Rebekah S. Otto, Garland Core, Jr., and Dr. MaryLouise Patterson
May 25, 2023
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 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 digital image of pediatrician Dr. MaryLouise Patterson, her romantic partner Garland Core, Jr., and University of Maryland student Rebekah S. Otto, at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Otto interviewed Dr. Patterson for the Social Justice Conversations Oral History Project. The image captures the three from the waist up. Otto, on the left, wears a light pink shirt with white polka dots. Core stands in the middle, wearing a white tunic with black print-like designs on the front. Dr. Patterson, on the right, wears a dark green shirt with yellow and light yellow flowers. Her glasses have a red frame. The three smile directly into the camera.
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Catalog reference: 2025.12.2.4
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