Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of Mary Reid holding flyer featuring swastikas and hate language
July 1964
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
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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 photograph of Mary Reid holding an American Nazi three fliers. The fliers have have repeated symbols of swastikas and hate language. The first flyer reads [KILL ALL BLACKS]. The other two fliers have similar language. Reid is standing on the third step down from a wood-paneled front porch. There is an imprint of a palm tree in the bottom right corner of the border on the front of the photograph. The back of the photograph has an inscription, by hand, of the number: [1497] and a photographer's stamp.
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Catalog reference: 2014.302.10
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