Untitled (Keeping Mother Moving)

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Black and white image of Martha Sapp walking near the end of a bed, while in the background, Mary Coley bends down away from the camera. Sapp, standing, wears a terry cloth robe and a head scarf. She is seen in profile with her proper left hand grasping the end of the bed frame. The bed is covered with a square patterned quilt with alternating squares of dark and light. On the table by the bed and tall mirror is a pile of cloths. Behind Sapp, partially obscured, Coley crouches away from the camera. She is wearing a light-colored dress with white cuffs and a white apron. To the left of her, in the lower left corner is a quilt, in an Irish Chain pattern, hanging off of a chair. Above the Coley are curtains surrounding a closed window. In the upper left of the image is a bare, light light bulb.

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