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Portrait of Sartin boy peeking out window

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 a child peeking out of a broken window. The child identified only as [Sartin boy] stands in front of a curtain and looks out the window at the camera. The photographer stands outside of the building, which is partially visible. The photograph is mounted to a paper frame by plastic photo corners. [Martha Olson] is handwritten in pencil on the interior frame below the photograph.

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Catalog reference: 2018.21.67

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