Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Indoor portrait of a couple in formal dress
1948 - 1970s
Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, 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 of a young man and a woman at a dance. The woman, left, is wearing a white gown with a lace shawl, necklace and gloves. The man, right, is wearing a tuxedo. Behind them is another woman to the right wearing a light gown. There are two balls hanging from the ceiling as decoration and a Christmas tree in the left background.
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2012.137.7.8
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