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Portrait of a student at Marion County High

1970-1971

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 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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Catalog reference: 2018.21.72

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