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Doctor Examines Baby at Health Clinic Run by the Black Panther Party, Chicago, Illinois, 1970

1970, printed 2014

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

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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 black-and-white photograph of a baby being examined by a doctor at a health clinic run by the Black Panther Party in Chicago, Illinois. The baby is at the center of the photograph, being held by a young woman who has lifted up his shirt for the doctor. The doctor is at the proper right side of the photograph, leaning down towards the baby and holding a stethoscope on the baby's chest. The young woman has short hair and is wearing a dark-colored button-down shirt. The young woman and baby are sitting next to an examination table.

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Catalog reference: 2014.123.7

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