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Photographic print of Mary Elizabeth and William Lewis holding Easter baskets

ca. 1940 - 1945

Hill District, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 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 two children identified as Mary Elizabeth and William Lewis with Easter Sunday baskets. Mary Elizabeth is wearing skirt, dress top, and jacket ensemble with a straw hat while William Lewis wears a darker, houndstooth patterned coat and cap. They are holding hands and are looking into the camera as they stand on the sidewalk. There is an imprint of a palm tree in the bottom left corner of the border on the front of the photograph. The back of the photograph has an inscription, by hand, of the number: [1037.01] and a photographer's stamp.

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Catalog reference: 2014.302.20

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