Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photographic print of two women and a toddler in Port Gibson, Mississippi
1940; printed later
Port Gibson, Claiborne County, Mississippi, 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 two unidentified woman and toddler in a stroller. The woman on the left, is wearing a dress with apron pinned to it. She is holding the handle of the stroller in her proper left hand. She is looking down toward the child and has her proper right hand on her hip. The woman on the right, is bending at the waist toward the child. She is wearing a light colored dress and his handing the toddler a handkerchief with her proper left hand. Her proper right hand is pressed against her side and has a newspaper folded in the crux of her arm. The toddler, at center, is seated in the stroller and is holding a corner of the handkerchief with their proper right hand and biting another portion of the fabric. They are standing on a sidewalk and are surrounded by large tress.
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: 2011.17.195
