Rosa Santiago, Returned Migrant - I

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 silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Rosa Santiago from the chest up, resting on an open windowsill in her house in Puerto Rico. Her hands are crossed at the wrist. There is a bin outside of her windowsill where there are dishes. Santiago is wearing a tank top and stripped patterned handkerchief or bandana on her head. Light from the sun and shadows cover her. There are no inscriptions on the front of the photograph. The back has the photographer’s signature and alpha-numerical inscriptions.

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