Created by:

Rev. Henry Clay Anderson, American, 1911 - 1998  Search this

Subject of:

Unidentified Man or Men  Search this

Unidentified Woman or Women  Search this

Medium:

photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper

Dimensions:

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

Type:

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Place made:

Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1948 - 1970s

Description:

A black-and-white photograph of twenty-two women and two men. Eight of the women sit in folding chairs arranged in an arced row. The other fourteen women stand behind them with one shoulder angled forward. The two men stand on either end of the two rows. They wear suits and ties; the man on the right also wears an overcoat. The women wear a combination of dresses, skirts, blouses, and jackets. The room they are in has hardwood floors and a door with a transom. On the wall is a poster with a castle landscape, and a second poster mentions the YMCA.

Topic:

African American  Search this

Photography  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles Schwartz and Shawn Wilson

Object number:

2012.137.3.7

Restrictions & Rights:

© Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture

Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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Classification:

Photographs and Still Images

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd588d3ff72-511c-41ef-a05c-2291c9f438e0

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.137.3.7