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Digital image of a mother and son posing together

1919-1925; scanned 2012

Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, 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 digital scan of a woman and her son in Lincoln, Nebraska. The woman has short cut hair and is dressed in a long sleeved white blouse and black skirt. She is seated on a wooden chair in front of a backdrop. To her left a small boy is sitting on the floor. He wears a suit and knit cap with his arms wrapped around the front left leg of the chair. The woman's hand is caressing the face of the boy.

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Catalog reference: 2012.56.1.15

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