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Group portrait of men and women in a semi-circle

Object Details

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.
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Created by
Rev. Henry Clay Anderson, American, 1911 - 1998
Subject of
Unidentified Man or Men
Unidentified Woman or Women
Date
1948 - 1970s
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles Schwartz and Shawn Wilson
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
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