Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Portrait of Noreen Watts, Cheryl Benjamin-Walker and other children
1970
Marion County, Mississippi, 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 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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