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Portrait of Noreen Watts

1970

Marion County, Mississippi, 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 Noreen Watts. Watts is pictured standing in front of a wall. She looks straight at the camera and has her proper right hand on touching the wall above her proper right ear. She is wearing a dress and her legs, arms and hands have a dust-like material on them. The photograph is mounted to a paper frame. Below the photograph handwritten text in ink reads: [Martha Olson]. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

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Catalog reference: 2018.21.13

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