Photographic print of a Black nurse with two white children

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 studio portrait of a Black woman standing behind two white children sitting on an ornate rattan chair. The photograph is mounted to a brown backing board and is cracked and stained through the center of the image diagonally. A studio backdrop with a column is partially visible through the staining. There are no inscriptions, front or back.

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