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Portrait of Naomi Jefferson and Collie Ford

1970

Columbia, 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 Naomi Jefferson and Collie Ford. Jefferson and Ford are seated in chairs outside of a building. Ford has his proper right arm over Jefferson's shoulder. He sits, wearing a pair of overalls, a long sleeved shirt, and a hat. Jefferson wears a dress and a long-sleeved shirt with her proper left leg crossed over her proper right leg, as she looks off to the left of the image. The photograph is mounted to a paper mat, which 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 metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2018.21.18

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