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Photograph of a hunting party

ca. 1903

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 hunting party. There are three seated men holding game and rifles with two dogs lying at the feet of the men in the foreground. The photograph was taken in front of an outdoor backdrop with trees depicted on the left and a picket fence on the right. On the left side of the image is Will Westmoreland. He is wearing a newsboy cap, striped pants, a medium toned hunting jacket and a button down hunting vest with shell pockets on the front, holding ammunition. In the center is Thomas W. Holmes, Esq., wearing a dark shirt, rimmed cap and a medium toned vest and jacket. On the right side of the photograph is Will George in on the right wearing a light turtleneck shirt, white roughrider-style hat and a medium toned hunting jacket and a button down hunting vest with shell pockets on the front, holding ammunition.

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Catalog reference: 2014.94.27

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