Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of James A. Parsons Jr. and his children
ca. 1935
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. 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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