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Photographic print of a man and woman standing in front of a car

1920s

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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.

A black-and-white photograph of a young man and young woman standing in front of a dark-colored car, possibly a 1920s Ford. The man is wearing a dark-colored 3-piece suit with white shirt and tie, and he is gazing off frame to the proper right. The woman is wearing a long-sleeved, mid-calf length dark-colored dress with a two-tiered skirt and a long pearl necklace worn double hung, and she is looking at the camera. The car is parked in a grassy area next to a road, and wood-sided buildings are visible in the background.

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Catalog reference: 2014.75.21

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