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Photograph of a woman seated in a booth

ca. 1937

New York City, New York, 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 silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a woman. The woman is depicted from the waist up and seated in a booth. Her proper right shoulder is slightly raised and her proper left arm extended towards the seat of the booth. She is wearing a light colored dress with puffed, elbow-length sleeves and she has flowers tucked into her hair. Above the booth are two framed pictures. In the center of the image is a handwritten inscription in black ink that reads, [proof]. In the center of the top edge of the photograph is a second inscription in black ink that reads, [#2-X]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the photograph.

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Catalog reference: 2013.46.25.175

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