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Photograph of Dr. A. M. Townsend sitting on a stoop

ca. 1925

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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 Dr. Arthur Melvin Townsend sitting on the edge of a stoop and at the top of the stoop is an open door. Dr. Townsend is wearing a suit with a tie, overcoat, and hat. On the back of the photograph is a number written in pencil [3] and a scribbled out [2].

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Catalog reference: 2011.36.47

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