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Photograph of James A. Parsons Jr. and his children

ca. 1935

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

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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. and two of his children, Wanda and Anne. They are all standing outside of a building with columns seen in the background on the right. Parson is wearing a light color suit with a tie and is holding a hat with a ribbon in his proper right hand and holding the hand of his youngest child, Anne, with his proper left hand. Anne wears a light-colored dress and bonnet. Parson’s oldest child, Wanda, stands next to Anne, wearing a dark coat and a hat. On the back of the photograph, at the center, is an inscription written in ink [Jm Parsons & Daughters].

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Catalog reference: 2015.246.11

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