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Photograph of an unidentified man

1910s

Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

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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 an unknown man by Hooks Bros Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. The man is wearing a white shirt with a patterned tie, slightly scrunched out of the dark color suit jacket. The photograph has a double rectangular, tan mat frame and backing with rounded corners and brown outlines. At the bottom margin on the front of the mat is a studio mark [Hooks Bros. / Studio / MEMPHIS, TENN.].

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Catalog reference: 2011.36.11

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