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Created by:
Unidentified  Search this
Subject of:
Wilhelmina Guess, American, 1907 - 2003  Search this
Tennessee Washington, American, born 1912  Search this
Adele Gibbs, American, 1915 - 2002  Search this
Medium:
dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 3 3/8 × 4 1/4 in. (8.6 × 10.8 cm)
Type:
photographs
portraits
Date:
1975-1985
Description:
A color photograph of three (3) women. Two women are seated at what appears to be a picnic table, and one is standing behind them with her hands resting on the chair backs. All of the women are smiling. In the background, another long table and folding chairs can be seen. All of the women are wearing name tags. The women are identified on the photograph with names handwritten in blue ink both on the front and the back of the photograph; the woman at proper left is Wilhelmina Guess, the woman at center (seated) is Tennessee Washington, and the woman behind Washington (standing) is Adele Gibbs. The photograph has curved corners.
Topic:
African American  Search this
American South  Search this
American West  Search this
Communities  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Princetta R. Newman
Object number:
2014.75.55
Restrictions & Rights:
No Known Copyright Restrictions
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title:
The Princetta R. Newman Collection of Family Photographs, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Classification:
Photographs and Still Images
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f4d2dd1b-8dfd-4459-8506-cb7c009f0c7a
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.75.55