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  • Portrait of a Mississippi Vocational College cheerleader

    Created by
    Rev. Anderson, Henry Clay, American, 1911 - 1998
    Subject of
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Mississippi Valley State University, American, founded 1950
    Date
    1950s
    Medium
    photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (Sheet): 8 1/16 × 9 7/8 in. (20.5 × 25.1 cm)
    Description
    A black-and-white photograph of a female cheerleader from Mississippi Vocational College. She is wearing an "MVC" baseball hat with the same spelled out on the front, an "MVC" light sweater with the same spelled out on front and a dark skirt. She is kneeling down on a field with her left hand around a megaphone and her right pointed to her hat. Behind her is a water tower in the distance and a building.
    Place made
    Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    portraits
    Topic
    Athletes
    Education
    HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
    Photography
    Sports
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles Schwartz and Shawn Wilson
    Object number
    2012.137.14.24
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d120170e-750f-4447-8bcc-78fb249241ab
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