Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Portrait of an unidentified child at elementary school
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 unidentified elementary school student. The student stands facing to the right of the image, but has her head turned towards the camera. She is wearing a plaid print dress with a vest over it. She is leaning against a long worktable and has a book in her hands. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.
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Catalog reference: 2018.21.84
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