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Indoor Portrait of a Midwife Standing Next to a Woman in Bed

1948 - 1970s

Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States

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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.

Indoor portrait of a midwife standing next to a woman who is laying down in a bed. Next to the midwife is a table with small bottles and supplies and a waiting bassinet. Newspapers are laid out on the floor and there are several pans of water.

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Catalog reference: 2007.1.69.13.41.B

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