Photograph of a man

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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.

Black and white photograph of a man. Wearing a dark suit and light shirt, a mustache and a light colored fedora, he gazes straight ahead, slightly to the viewer's left. A star within a circle, possibly a Masonic symbol, is partially visible under his open coat. The photograph is surrounded by a white margin. Under the photograph, handwritten in pencil are the words "by L. Harper Jr. / Artist. Galveston Tex/ 1916." The photograph is set in a brown cardboard folder with two leaves. On the reverse of the back flap are the words "Electra Mat Folder/ Gray Brown/ Size/ Folder/ For Photograph per 100/ F/ 6 1/4 x 9 1/4/ Cabinet Square/ $8.00/ 50 in a box/ SCHAEFFER PHOTO SUPPLY CO. / HOUSTON, TEXAS."

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