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Photograph of Harriet Tubman's residence in Auburn, New York

1940-1959

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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.

A black-and-white photograph depicting a side view of Harriet Tubman's former house in Auburn, New York. The image shows a set of five wooden stairs leading up to an enclosed porch on the side of the two story brick structure. There are several bushes surrounding the exterior. On the back is a handwritten inscription in blue ink reading [Harriet Tubman Davis? Home / Side view of Here (sic) Home on South St. / Auburn N.Y.].

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Catalog reference: 2009.50.14.1

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