Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of Dr. Arthur Townsend with two others in a barn doorway
early 20th century
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
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 three people, Dr. Arthur Melvin Townsend, one unidentified man, and one unidentified woman, standing in the doorway to a barn. On the back of the photograph is a number written in pencil [23].
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Sources & collection details
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗
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Catalog reference: 2011.36.32
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