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Portrait of Noreen Watts, Cheryl Benjamin-Walker and other children

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 (Smith) Cheryl Benjamin-Walker, and two unidentified children. The children are standing in front of a wall near a set a steps. At center, Watts holds Benjamin-Walker's arms. Two unidentified young girls stand on either side of Watts and Benjamin-Walker. All the children, except for Watts, look to the right of the photograph. The photograph is mounted to a paper frame. [Martha Olson] is written below the image on the frame handwritten in pencil. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

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Catalog reference: 2018.21.21

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