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Scan of Manitoba James and his children Myrtha, Edna, and Mauranee

1919-1925; scanned 2012

Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States, North and Central America

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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 Manitoba James and his three daughters on a porch in Lincoln, Nebraska. Manitoba is dressed in a dark suit and hat and seated on a wooden chair between two windows on the porch. Two of his daughters Myrtha (left) and Mauranee (right) stand on either side of him with their arms resting on his knee. The youngest daughter, Edna stands between his legs.

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Catalog reference: 2012.56.1.50

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