Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
An elderly couple departs Sunday morning services at Metropolitan AME Church, Washington, D.C., 1997
1997; printed 2012
Washington, District of Columbia, 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 an elderly man and woman standing outside a church. The man is on the left side of the photograph and is dressed in a suit. He is wearing a hat and glasses and is holding onto a cane with his right hand. The woman is wearing glasses a white and dark colored top with a black skirt. She is holding a dark colored hat and a purse with her left hand. They both are smiling. No inscriptions on the front or back.
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Catalog reference: 2012.141.38
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