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An End to Waiting

1940s

Meridian Hill Park, Washington, District of Columbia, 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.

A black-and-white photograph of Ellen Scurlock walking down the steps at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C. with a poem to Robert Scurlock on the back titled: "An End to Waiting." There is an inscription on the front of the lower right side that reads: [Always yours, Ellen]. The back of the photograph has a three-stanza poem written in black ink.

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Catalog reference: TA2014.306.4.1.3

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