Photograph by:

Guy E. Nicholas, American, 1920 - 2008  Search this

Published by:

New England Shipbuilding Corporation, American, 1943 - 1945  Search this

Subject of:

Harriet Tubman, American, 1822 - 1913  Search this

Eva Stewart Northrup, American, 1890 - 1964  Search this

Medium:

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

Type:

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Place depicted:

South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, United States, North and Central America

Date:

June 3, 1944

Description:

A black-and-white photograph of Eva Stewart Northrup and three other women standing in front of the stern of the S.S. Harriet Tubman, holding floral arrangements. The photograph is mounted on a black paper page of a bound photograph album commemorating the event owned by Harriet Tubman's niece, Eva Stewart Northrup.

Topic:

African American  Search this

Military  Search this

Photography  Search this

Slavery  Search this

Social reform  Search this

Women  Search this

World War II  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles L. Blockson

Object number:

2009.50.29.3

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Photographs and Still Images

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c877ad13-6bbb-47be-9dae-b143e9efc5c2

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2009.50.29.3