Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of midwife Susie Carey
1940 - 1953
Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
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 third-generation midwife Susie Carey, standing on a dirt road in a rural landscape. She is wearing a white dress, black shoes and dark cardigan sweater. Her hair is pulled back and she wears glasses. On the verso is a handwritten inscription reading [Susie Carey].
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Catalog reference: 2014.282
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