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Digital image of a Taylor family woman by a lighthouse on Martha's Vineyard

1950s

Oak Bluffs, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States, Martha's Vineyard, North and Central America

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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 black-and-white digital image of a Taylor family member posing along the coastline, probably on Martha's Vineyard. In the foreground is a woman standing and facing the camera, wearing a long-sleeved shirt, cropped pants, and hat, and smiling. Behind the woman is a curving, rocky coastline. At the center of the photograph, at the tip of the cliffs, are a few structures, possibly a lighthouse behind a dark-colored house.

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Catalog reference: 2014.112.105

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