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Portrait of Annie Lee Williams
- Photograph by
- Olson, Martha, American
- Subject of
- Williams, Annie Lee, American
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 8 9/16 × 5 1/2 in. (21.7 × 14 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)
- 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 Annie Lee Williams. Williams is featured from the chest up. She is wearing a sweater over a dress with a flower print. Williams is looking directly at the camera. The photograph is mounted to a paper frame. [Ms. Annie Lee Williams / 1970 / Martha Olson] is handwritten in pencil on the interior frame below the photograph. A [N.N.] is handwritten on the interior of the frame. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.
- Place collected
- Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson
- Object number
- 2018.21.48
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Martha Olson