Photograph of Velma Middleton

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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 silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Velma Middleton. Middleton is depicted wearing a white shirt with ruffled collar and button-front sleeveless dress. A metal brooch is pinned over her proper left shoulder, next to letters embroidered on the shoulder of the dress. She is holding a piece of paper in her proper right hand, and her proper left hand dangles by her side. She has a small watch is on her proper left wrist. Middleton has signed the front of the image in blue ink in the bottom right corner: [Love to / My Sis. / I'se A Muggin / Velma]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the image.

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