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Photograph of a woman

ca. 1955

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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 silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a woman. The woman is depicted in close-up, from the shoulders up. She is facing the viewer, smiling, with her head tilted towards the left side of the image. The woman has dark, shoulder length hair, parted on the proper left side. Her shoulders are nude and the top of her proper right arm is visible. She is wearing wide, round earrings. There are no inscriptions on the front or back of the image.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2013.46.25.114

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