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Studio portrait of a mother and child

Object Details

Description
A color photograph of a woman and little boy. The woman, right, is wearing a necklace and a denim jacket with light stitching and two pockets on the front. The jacket is not buttoned up. Her hair is long and curly. The little boy, left, is wearing a pink plaid suit with a white shirt underneath. The woman has her hands around the boy’s waist. She also has money in her left hand.
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Photograph by
Rev. Henry Clay Anderson, American, 1911 - 1998
Subject of
Unidentified Woman or Women
Unidentified Child or Children
Date
1960 - 1970s
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles Schwartz and Shawn Wilson
Medium
dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Type
chromogenic color prints
portraits

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  • Picturing Motherhood
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