Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of a Moses Bowden
ca. 1915
Nashville, Davidson 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 Moses Bowden by Lay Brothers Photography in Nashville, Tennessee. Bowden is facing forward and slightly left. He is wearing a dark color suit with a vertically striped shirt and a dark color tie. In his proper left pocket is a handkerchief with a dangling piece. The photograph has an oval outline, rectangular mat frame with a backing. At the bottom margin on the front of the mat is [Lay / NASHVILLE, TENN.]. On the back, the sitter's name in pencil [Moses Bowden].
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Catalog reference: 2011.36.139
