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Photograph of Dr. Townsend with three individuals

1923-1925

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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 four people in a public park, with the two men on the ourside and two women in the middle. The men, on the right being Dr. Arthur Melvin Townsend, wear coats and ties and are each holding a hat with their proper right hand. The women are wearing dresses and each wear a hat. One women wears a fur stole, and the other woman holds a fur stole in her left arm. On the back of the photograph is an illegible marks in pencil.

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Catalog reference: 2011.36.36

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