Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Indoor Portrait of a Midwife Standing Next to a Woman in Bed
1948 - 1970s
Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States
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 metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2007.1.69.13.41.B
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