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Photograph of a barn on the estate of Harriet Tubman

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 of a barn. The barn is a two story, dark painted structure, with two closed up square windows above a large open doorway. In front of the barn is a dog laying in a dirt patch. On the back is a handwritten inscription reading [The barn on her Place. / Harriet Tubman / the last of the barns on her personal / estate.].

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Catalog reference: 2009.50.14.2

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