Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Digital image of Taylor family members painting furniture 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 painting furniture at the Taylor family home on Martha's Vineyard. Two (2) men and a woman are working together to paint some wicker chairs white. Everyone is wearing casual clothes and concentrating on their work. One of the men, at center, is facing towards the camera, and the woman is bent over and facing away from the camera. The group is working in the side yard of a shingle-sided house. Behind the group, at proper left, is a clothesline with towels and other items hung to dry.
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Catalog reference: 2014.112.57
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