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Portrait of Liza Johnson

1970

Brookhaven, Lincoln 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 Liza Johnson. Johnson is featured standing sideways and facing the right of the photograph. She is wearing a dress and an apron. A glass paned window is visible behind her. The photograph is mounted to a paper frame. [Martha Olson] is handwritten in pencil on the interior frame below the photograph. A [P.] is handwritten on the interior of the frame. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

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Catalog reference: 2018.21.29

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