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The Undertaker

ca. 1920

Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, 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 Samuel Malone Jackson, Sr., as a young man, standing next to a dark-colored, 4-door automobile. Jackson is wearing a dark-colored suit, light-colored shirt and a bowtie. His left foot rests on the running board of the car, and he leans slightly to the left, his left arm raised to hold onto the automobile out of frame. In his right hand he is holding a dark-colored, brimmed hat. He is looking straight at the camera. There are handwritten inscriptions on the verso.

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Catalog reference: 2014.75.1

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