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Indoor group portrait of mechanics in a service garage

1948 - 1970s

Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, 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 large group of men, most of whom wear hats, situate themselves in contrasting positions around the cars and wooden tables which crowd the foreground of the shot. Four men closest to the camera sit on the front of a black car. Seven men closest to the right frame of the image gather around a disembodied engine sitting on a low table.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2012.137.7.1

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