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Wedding portrait of Benjamin Boozé and Magdalene Hendricks Boozé

April 19, 1924

Petersburg, Virginia, United States, North and Central America

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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.

Photograph of Benjamin Boozé and Magdalene Hendricks Boozé on their wedding day. Benjamin Boozé, seated on a stool with hands on knees, is wearing a suit and tie. He has glasses and a small mustache. Standing behind him is Magdalene Hendricks Boozé. She is wearing a navy blue drop waist silk dress with large roundels of glass beads and embroidery. She wears a watch around her left wrist and holds a small purse on a chain in her left hand. Both figures gaze to the left of the viewer.

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Catalog reference: 2011.72.2

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