Untitled (Family Bed)

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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 a woman and baby lying in bed, over seen by a man and another child. The woman lays in bed, covered with a geometric patterned quilt and blankets. The quilt and blankets take up the bottom half of the image. The woman's face and arms are above the blankets and resting near her head. Her hair is wrapped in a scarf. She is smiling and looks to the people standing near the bed. The baby rests in the crook of the woman's proper left arm. The child is sleeping with its right hand on its face. The proper left side of the bed is empty and the woman lies on the other side of the bed. The headboard of the bed frame takes up the top of the image. To the right of the bed, on the right third of the image is a man and child.

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