Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of Dr. A. M. Townsend near a ledge
most likely 1909
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 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 a Dr. Arthur Melvin Townsend standing near a ledge of some kind, possibly a dock. Behing him are a man standing on the barricade and another man holding a guitar. On the back of the photograph is a number written in pencil [301].
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2011.36.39
