Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of Julia Drake
ca. 1917
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 Julia Drake taken by Lay Bros. Photography in Nashville, Tennessee. Drake is captured from the chest up and facing to the right. She is wearing a light color dress or shirt with a two-layer necklace. The photograph is housed in a mat fold-out and frame. Watermarks appear all over the matting. In the front, bottom right corner is [Lay Bros / PHOTO / Nashville]. The sitter's name is inside of the front flap in pencil.
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Catalog reference: 2011.36.149
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