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Museum object · Photographs and Still Images

Girl at Gee's Bend, Alabama

1937; printed 1981

Gee's Bend, Wilcox County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

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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 an African American girl with a serious expression on her face, standing looking out of a log cabin window. The shutter of the open window is insulated with newspapers featuring an image of a beautiful blonde woman and food advertisements.

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Catalog reference: 2012.107.34

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