Object Details
- 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 of Emma Magee. Magee is standing with her hands on the back of a piece of furniture. She is looking towards the camera and is wearing a sweater over a dress. The photograph is mounted to a paper frame. [Ms. Emma Magee / 1970 / Martha Olson] is handwritten in pencil on the interior frame below the photograph. A [Y] is handwritten on the interior of the frame. The back of the photograph has several inscriptions about the subject of the photograph, the photographer, and numbers
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- Martha Olson, American
- Subject of
- Emma Minnie Magee, American
- Date
- 1970
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 9 11/16 × 6 7/16 in. (24.6 × 16.4 cm)
- H x W (Paper Frame Closed): 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm)
- H x W (Paper Frame Open): 17 × 28 in. (43.2 × 71.1 cm)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
