Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of James A. Parsons Jr. at age 8
1908-1909
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
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 James A. Parsons, Jr. at the age of eight. Parsons pictured is standing, wearing a dark, double-breasted garment, with a belt wrapped loosely around his waist and a bow tied at the neck. Parson has both his hands behind his back and is wearing boots. The photograph is oval shaped and is glued onto a hard frame. The frame is larger than the picture and was originally a rectangular shape, possibly a page of a scrapbook.
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Catalog reference: 2015.246.10
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