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The old prayer house

April 1979; printed 2007

Daufuskie Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, Sea Islands, 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.

This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of an old prayer house on the side of a road. The prayer house rectangle-shaped and has a triangle roof made of metal. Much of the wood siding is missing on the wall closest to the road. The road is visible on the right side of the photograph. Trees line the road and the prayer house. There are no inscriptions, front or back.

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Catalog reference: 2014.310.20

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