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Photographic print of three women standing in front of a brick building

early 20th century

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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 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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