Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Portrait of a student at Marion County High
1970-1971
Columbia, 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 an unidentified girl at Marion High School, possibly Mary Gola. She is featured from the chest up and is seated in a metal folding chair, looking off into the distance. She is wearing a checkered dress with a long ribbon that is tied at the collar. The photograph is mounted to a paper frame. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: 2018.21.72
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