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Photograph of James A. Parsons Jr. at age 8

1908-1909

Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America

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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 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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