Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Portrait of Loretta Peters and Eddie May Jefferson
1970
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 Loretta Peters and Eddie May Jefferson. Peters is featured in the foreground of the photograph. She is smiling and is turned toward the camera. Jefferson is in the background of the image and looking towards the right of the photograph. 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: 2018.21.73
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