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Group portrait photograph of six women

early to mid 1930s

Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

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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 six women wearing dresses and taken outside in front of several trees. Five women stand, from left to right they are Lena Davis, Julia, Georgia Davis, Willa Ann Townsend, and Floy Johnson. They stand around Emma Alice Townsend, who is seated at the center of the photograph. On the back of the photograph, the names of the women are handwritten [Mrs. Lena Davis / Julia / Georgia Davis / Mrs. W. A. Townsend / Floy Johnson / Mrs. E. A. Townsend]. There is also an upside-down stamp logo [DURY'S / The Mark of Quality].

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Catalog reference: 2011.36.25

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