Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photo of the Johnston family
1949
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 photograph of the Johnston family. Starting to the left of the photograph depicts a tall woman in a white dress smiling looking directly into the camera. To the right of her is a man wearing a suit and bowtie. He has a mustache and is holding a cigarette or cigar in his right hand. To his right is a shorter woman also smiling and in a white dress looking directly into the camera. To the right of her is a young boy in a dark suit with only his top button buttoned and a bowtie around his neck. Behind him and slightly to the right is a man looking towards his right smiling. He is in a dark suit and wearing a dark necktie. To the right of him is a man wearing a white naval uniform looking towards his left smiling with both hands behind his back.
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Catalog reference: 2013.118.55
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