Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of four women at the launching of the S.S. Tubman
June 3, 1944
South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
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 Eva Stewart Northrup and three other women standing in front of the stern of the S.S. Harriet Tubman, holding floral arrangements. The photograph is mounted on a black paper page of a bound photograph album commemorating the event owned by Harriet Tubman's niece, Eva Stewart Northrup.
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2009.50.29.3
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