silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions:
H x W (Image): 9 7/8 × 7 15/16 in. (25.1 × 20.2 cm)
H x W (Sheet): 16 3/4 × 14 5/8 in. (42.5 × 37.1 cm)
H x W (Frame): 19 13/16 × 17 5/8 in. (50.3 × 44.8 cm)
Type:
gelatin silver prints
portraits
Place depicted:
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1970
Caption:
Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
Description:
A black and white photograph Lillie Pearl Haynes. Haynes is sitting in a rocking chair and looking towards the left of the photograph. The photograph is inside a frame. The back of the frame has several inscriptions about the subject of the photograph, the photographer, and numbers. A label on the back of the frame reads: [1st Year of court-ordered Integration of Mississippi Schools]. The back of the frame has two hooks and picture wire.
