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Photograph of a volunteer attending children, Coretta Scott King Day Care Center

1968; printed October 6, 2017

Washington, District of Columbia, 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.

An inkjet print depicting a black-and-white image of a volunteer attending two (2) toddlers playing on a tricycle at the Poor People’s Campaign’s Coretta Scott King Day Care Center. The female volunteer is centrally depicted, leaning over the tricycle, holding on to the handlebars with both hands. She is wearing a dark sleeveless blouse, light capri pants, and has a light colored sweater tied around her waist. Her pants and sweater are spotted with dirt. She also has a bangle bracelet just below her proper left elbow. The two (2) children are seated on the tricycle. The little girl in front has both hands on the handle bars and is looking down at the ground. She is wearing a medium toned, button down blouse, knee-high pants, and booties. Her ears are pieced and she is wearing small, metallic, hoop earrings.

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Catalog reference: 2017.113.3

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