Photograph of a woman

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. She is depicted from the chest up, with her body partially turned towards the left edge of the image, and her head turned and facing viewer. She is looking towards the right edge of the photograph. The woman is wearing a black garment with an ascot collar. A large silver colored brooch is pinned to the top of the ascot. Her hair is pull back in an up-do. In the top left corner of the image is a handwritten inscription in black ink that reads, [To my Pal Sally / from Evelyn]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the photograph.

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