Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of an unidentified man
1917-1920
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, 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 an unidentified man whose surname is Townsend by F G S Jr. in Nashville, Tennessee. The chest-up portrait captures him looking to the left while wearing a pinstriped suit with a striped tie and handkerchief in the proper left chest pocket. The photograph has a rectangular mat. On the front, lower right corner is [F. G. S. JR. / NASHVILLE]. The front cover is torn off the rest of the mat, which is in turn coming up from the backing. The photograph is fastened to the backing with a pin.
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Catalog reference: 2011.36.8
