Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photographic print of a family posed inside a car
ca. 1950
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 a man, woman and child posing in a car. The trio are posed on the front passenger seat of a 2-door dark-colored car. The little girl is at the proper left, the man is in the middle, and the woman is at the proper right. The little girl is standing on the running board of the car, the man is seated on the running board with his right arm around the little girl and his left hand on the door of the car, and the woman is seated behind the man, with her right arm behind the little girl. There are bleachers in the background. The photograph has a white border, and the bottom edge is cut off. The handwriting on the back of the photograph identifies the people in the photograph as Ed, Princetta and Gert.
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Catalog reference: 2014.75.75
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