Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of Rebekah S. Otto and Dr. MaryLouise Patterson at NMAAHC
May 25, 2023
Washington, District of Columbia, 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 digital image of University of Maryland student Rebekah S. Otto and pediatrician Dr. MaryLouise Patterson at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Otto interviewed Dr. Patterson for the Social Justice Conversations Oral History Project. The image captures both from the waist up. Otto, on the right, wears a light pink shirt with white polka dots and khaki pants. Dr. Patterson, on the right, wears a matching shirt and pants dark green with yellow and light yellow flowers. Her glasses have a red frame. Patterson’s proper right arm is around Otto’s shoulders. The two smile directly into the camera.
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Catalog reference: 2025.12.2.6
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