Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Nurses’ Aid
1997
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 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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