Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photographic print of three women standing in front of a brick building
early 20th century
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
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 three (3) women standing in front of a brick building. All of the women are smiling. The young woman on the proper left is wearing a long, tweed jacket and matching long skirt, a blouse with collar extending over the lapel of the jacket, dark-colored gloves and a dark-colored hat with feather, and she is holding a clutch handbag or purse under her left arm. She is gazing towards the other women. The young woman in the middle is wearing a long, dark-colored button-down dress with full-length sleeves, a white collar, white sleeve cuffs and a matching belt and a hat with floral decoration, and she is holding a clutch handbag or purse under her left arm. The older woman on the proper right is wearing a light-colored dress with elbow-length sleeves, and she is holding in her left arm an overcoat, a dark-colored handbag or purse, and light-colored gloves.
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Catalog reference: 2014.75.20
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