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Page from a photograph album with five mounted photographs

early 20th century

United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

2021.13.20a-e: A page from a photograph album with five black-and-white photographs. The black paper page is roughly rectangular in shape with damage along edges. The front of the page features two photographs in portrait orientation and are adhered side-by-side. The back of the page features two photographs in landscape orientation and one in portrait orientation. The two landscape oriented photographs are adhered to the left edge of the page and the portrait oriented photograph is adhered to the right side of the page. 2021.13.20a: A black-and-white photograph of an unidentified woman posing with a wooden chair. The photograph is in portrait orientation. The woman is depicted in full length, holding the backrest of a wooden armchair with her proper right hand. She is standing in a contrapposto position with her right knee bent and her weight on her proper left hip. Her proper left arm is loosely held at her side.

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Catalog reference: 2021.13.20a-e

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