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Digital image of Taylor family members on the beach 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 Taylor family members on the beach on Martha's Vineyard. At center are two (2) women. One woman is wearing a bathing suit, hat and sunglasses and lying on a beach towel and smiling, and the other woman is wearing a sleeveless light-colored shirt, shorts, and a hat, and is sitting on a rock. In the foreground stands a man in a bathing suit with his back to the camera. There are other women, men and children behind the group, walking on the beach and playing in the water. At the upper edge of the photograph, the reflection of a pier is visible in the water.

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Catalog reference: 2014.112.46

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