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Nurses’ Aid

1997

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 by Kenneth Royster of a young girl titled "Nurse's Aid [sic]". The unidentified girl is standing in the middle of the image and looking at the camera. She is smiling slightly and holding her hands behind her back. She is wearing a white button-down top and a white cap in the style of a nurse’s uniform cap. The girl in standing inside of a church with the decorated pews and pointed arches visible behind her. There are unidentified people, slightly blurred, in the background. There is a numerical inscription on the reverse.

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Catalog reference: 2018.41.19

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