Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of a girl named Gladys in cap and gown
1910s
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, 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 a girl named Gladys by Hooks Bros. Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. The portrait captures the girl from the chest up as she looks slightly to the right while wearing a cap and gown. The photograph has a rectangular, tan mat frame and backing with two 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: 2011.36.12
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