Photograph by

Olson, Martha, American

Subject of

Ford, Edna Lou, American

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 13 1/2 × 10 1/8 in. (34.3 × 25.7 cm)

H x W (Paper Frame Closed): 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)

H x W (Paper Frame Open): 20 × 32 in. (50.8 × 81.3 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Place depicted

Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date

1970

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 Edna Lou Ford. Ford is sitting on the edge of a stage wearing a striped jacket. The top of a metal folding chair is visible by her proper left foot. The photograph is mounted to a paper mat frame. Below the photograph [Martha Olson] is written in ink. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

Topic

African American

American South

Communities

Education

Photography

Youth

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson

Object number

2018.21.4

Restrictions & Rights

© Martha Olson

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Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Olson, Martha, American

Subject of

Barnes, Otho, American, 1876 - 1975

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 5 11/16 × 7 3/4 in. (14.4 × 19.7 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 15 9/16 × 13 1/4 in. (39.5 × 33.7 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

Place depicted

Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date

1970

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 Otho Barnes. Barnes is featured in profile, sitting in a rocking chair towards the left of the photograph. A bank of windows is in the background of the photograph. The photograph is mounted to a paper that is mounted to a paper frame. [Mr. Otho Barnes / 1970 / Martha Olson] is handwritten in pencil on the interior frame below the photograph. An [A] is handwritten on the interior of the frame. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

Topic

African American

American South

Communities

Domestic life

Photography

Rural life

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson

Object number

2018.21.60

Restrictions & Rights

© Martha Olson

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Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Commissioned by

Illinois Central Railroad, American, founded 1851

Photograph by

Unidentified

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W: 7 7/8 x 10 1/16 in. (20 x 25.5 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

Place captured

Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date

1927

Description

A gelatin silver print of the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. This is a set of four images on one sheet of paper, itself pasted onto a scrapbook page. At top left: two flooded houses; at top right: several flooded houses; at bottom left: men walking on raised sidewalk over flooded street; at bottom right: flooded house with two cars.

Topic

African American

American South

Communities

Great Migration

Photography

United States--History--1919-1933

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2011.13.7

Restrictions & Rights

© 1927 Illinois Central Railroad

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Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Olson, Martha, American

Subject of

Magee, Emma Minnie, American

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 13 3/4 × 10 3/4 in. (34.9 × 27.3 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 16 3/4 × 14 7/8 in. (42.5 × 37.8 cm)

H x W (Frame): 19 7/8 × 7 5/8 in. (50.5 × 19.4 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Place depicted

Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date

1970

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 Minnie Magee. Magee is sitting with her hands on her lap and is looking down towards the ground. She is wearing a sweater over a gingham dress and a cap on her head. The photograph is in a frame. The back of the frame has an inscription reading [VP 0101.tif / Martha Olson / 1970 / Grandmother Emma (Magee / Minnie) Shirley Ann's grandmother / Columbia, MS / 1st Year of Integration of Miss. schools]. The back of the frame has picture wire for hanging.

Topic

African American

American South

Communities

Photography

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson

Object number

2018.21.6

Restrictions & Rights

© Martha Olson

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Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Olson, Martha, American

Subject of

Unidentified Child or Children

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.2 × 20.2 cm)

H x W (Paper Frame Closed): 16 15/16 × 14 1/16 in. (43 × 35.7 cm)

H x W (Paper Frame Open): 16 15/16 × 28 1/16 in. (43 × 71.3 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Place depicted

Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date

1970

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 unidentified children sitting in a classroom. The children are at desks with work in front of them. One young boy, in the foreground of the photograph, is looking at the camera. Another young boy is in the background of the image working on classwork. A third child is partially visible in the back left of the photograph. The photograph is mounted to a paper frame. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

Topic

African American

American South

Children

Communities

Education

Photography

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson

Object number

2018.21.75

Restrictions & Rights

© Martha Olson

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Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Olson, Martha, American

Subject of

Irvin, Josephine, American

Johnson, Deloris, American

Taylor, Annie Lee, American

Taylor, Betty, American

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Place depicted

Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date

1970

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 (from left to right) Josephine Irvin, Betty Taylor, Annie Lee Taylor, and Deloris Johnson. The group is standing outdoors. An assortment of animals are around them, including pigs, chickens, and a dog. A wooden cart and a car are visible in the background. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

Topic

African American

American South

Children

Communities

Families

Photography

Rural life

Youth

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson

Object number

2018.21.82

Restrictions & Rights

© Martha Olson

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Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Olson, Martha, American

Subject of

Unidentified Child or Children

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Place depicted

Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date

1970

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 unidentified elementary school student. The student stands facing to the right of the image, but has her head turned towards the camera. She is wearing a plaid print dress with a vest over it. She is leaning against a long worktable and has a book in her hands. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

Topic

African American

American South

Children

Communities

Education

Photography

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson

Object number

2018.21.84

Restrictions & Rights

© Martha Olson

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Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Olson, Martha, American

Subject of

Irvin, Josephine, American

Johnson, Deloris, American

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 9 15/16 × 7 5/8 in. (25.2 × 19.4 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Place depicted

Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date

1970-1971

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 Josephine Irvin and Deloris Johnson. The two are standing outside, amidst a group of animals including pigs, chickens, a turkey, and a dog. The girls are dressed in dresses and stand in front of a wooden wagon. A car is visible in the background. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

Topic

African American

Agriculture

American South

Communities

Photography

Rural life

Youth

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson

Object number

2018.21.89

Restrictions & Rights

© Martha Olson

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Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

Eastman Kodak Company, founded 1889

Owned by

Rev. Anderson, Henry Clay, American, 1911 - 1998

Medium

cardboard

Dimensions

H x W: 5 1/2 x 4 3/8 x 3/4 in. (14 x 11.1 x 1.9 cm)

Type

boxes (containers)

Place collected

Greenville, Washington, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date

1970s

Description

An empty Kodak Royal pan film box, gold with black, grey, red and white graphic logo on front. Film had an expiration date of "Jan 1981" marked on box front edge. Handwriting on left side of box reads, "Bathing Suits / only" while handwriting on right side reads, "(REJECTS / 7/29) / DW."

Topic

African American

American South

Business

Communities

Photography

Segregation

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2007.1.30.3

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Tools and Equipment-Crafting-Artistic-Image-making

Exhibition

Power of Place

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 051

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Commissioned by

Illinois Central Railroad, American, founded 1851

Photograph by

Unidentified

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W: 7 7/8 x 10 1/16 in. (20 x 25.5 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

Place captured

Floweree, Warren County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date

1927

Description

A gelatin silver print of the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. This is a set of four images on one sheet of paper, itself pasted onto a scrapbook page. At top left: Floweree, Miss. 5-2-27; at top right: N. from Kings, Miss 5-2-27; at bottom left: N. of Kings, Miss 5-2-27; at bottom right: [illegible].

Topic

African American

American South

Communities

Great Migration

Photography

United States--History--1919-1933

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2011.13.15

Restrictions & Rights

© 1927 Illinois Central Railroad

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Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Commissioned by

Illinois Central Railroad, American, founded 1851

Photograph by

Unidentified

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W: 7 7/8 x 10 1/16 in. (20 x 25.5 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

Place captured

Choctaw County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Burdette, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date

April 30 - May 1, 1927

Description

A gelatin silver print of the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. This is a set of four images on one sheet of paper, itself pasted onto a scrapbook page. At top left: Burdette, Miss. 5-1-27; at rop right: Choctaw, Miss. 4-30-27; at bottom left: Near Choctaw, Miss. 4-30-27; at bottom right: Burdette [illegible] Miss. [illegible]

Topic

African American

American South

Communities

Great Migration

Photography

United States--History--1919-1933

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2011.13.2

Restrictions & Rights

© 1927 Illinois Central Railroad

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Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

Unidentified

Commissioned by

Illinois Central Railroad, American, founded 1851

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W: 7 7/8 x 10 in. (20 x 25.4 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

Place captured

Onward, Sharkey County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date

May 2, 1927

Description

A gelatin silver print of the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. This photo depicts the flooded train station at Onward, MS.

Topic

African American

American South

Communities

Great Migration

Photography

United States--History--1919-1933

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2011.13.31

Restrictions & Rights

© 1927 Illinois Central Railroad

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Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

Unidentified

Commissioned by

Illinois Central Railroad, American, founded 1851

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W: 7 7/8 x 10 1/16 in. (20 x 25.5 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

Place captured

Scott, Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date

May 10, 1927

Description

A gelatin silver print of the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. This photo depicts stranded cars and flooded buildings next to railroad tracks.

Topic

African American

American South

Communities

Great Migration

Photography

United States--History--1919-1933

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2011.13.35

Restrictions & Rights

© 1927 Illinois Central Railroad

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Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

Unidentified

Commissioned by

Illinois Central Railroad, American, founded 1851

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W: 7 7/8 x 10 1/16 in. (20 x 25.5 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

Place captured

Hampton, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date

May 11, 1927

Description

A gelatin silver print of the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. This photo depicts a flooded Hampton railway station.

Topic

African American

American South

Communities

Great Migration

Photography

United States--History--1919-1933

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2011.13.36

Restrictions & Rights

© 1927 Illinois Central Railroad

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Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

Unidentified

Commissioned by

Illinois Central Railroad, American, founded 1851

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W: 7 7/8 x 10 1/16 in. (20 x 25.5 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

Place captured

Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date

1927

Description

A gelatin silver print of the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. This photo features a train track heading off to the vanish point. On either side of the tracks is farmland and telecommunications wires.

Topic

African American

American South

Communities

Great Migration

Photography

United States--History--1919-1933

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2011.13.42

Restrictions & Rights

© 1927 Illinois Central Railroad

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Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Commissioned by

Illinois Central Railroad, American, founded 1851

Photograph by

Unidentified

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W: 7 7/8 x 10 1/16 in. (20 x 25.5 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

Place captured

Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date

1927

Description

A gelatin silver print of the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. This is a set of four images on one sheet of paper, itself pasted onto a scrapbook page. At top left: flooded church; at top right: flooded two-story buidling with arches; at bottom left: flooded street with horse and wagon; at bottom right: flooded four story building.

Topic

African American

American South

Communities

Great Migration

Photography

United States--History--1919-1933

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2011.13.5

Restrictions & Rights

© 1927 Illinois Central Railroad

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Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Thornell, Jack R., American, born 1939

Subject of

Meredith, James, American, born 1933

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (sheet): 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)

H x W (image): 10 7/16 × 13 5/8 in. (26.5 × 34.6 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

Place depicted

Hernando, DeSoto County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date

1967

Description

This gelatin silver print captures James Meredith as he crawls across the sidewalk after being shot during the initial stage of the March Against Fear (1966). He faces away from the camera, hands braced on the ground to support his body weight while his legs sprawl awkwardly on the ground. Meredith is in the approximate right middle ground of the photograph; pavement dominates the foreground while trees dominate the background. There is handwriting in blue ink in the bottom right corner of the print which reads: [Sandy/Sorry I didn't have this in/color Too!/Jack Thornell].

Topic

African American

American South

Civil rights

Hate crimes

Justice

Photography

Violence

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2014.166.3

Restrictions & Rights

© Jack R. Thornell. Permission required for use.

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Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Olson, Martha, American

Subject of

Unidentified Child or Children

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 9 15/16 × 7 1/8 in. (25.2 × 18.1 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 13 1/8 × 16 3/8 in. (33.3 × 41.6 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Place depicted

Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date

1970

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 an unidentified elementary school boy standing against a brick wall. The boy is wearing a checked long-sleeve button down shirt, pants, and sneakers. He has his right hand resting on his belt buckle and is looking down towards the ground. The photograph is mounted to a thick paper mount. Below the image, on the bottom of the mount, an inscription reads: [Martha Olson]. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

Topic

African American

American South

Children

Communities

Education

Photography

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson

Object number

2018.21.106

Restrictions & Rights

© Martha Olson

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Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Olson, Martha, American

Subject of

Patton, Edgar Earl, American

Patton, Leneatha, American

Patton, Brady, American

Waller, Ilene, American

Waller, Sandra, American

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 10 1/4 × 13 1/8 in. (26 × 33.3 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 13 7/8 × 17 3/4 in. (35.2 × 45.1 cm)

H x W (Frame): 16 7/8 × 20 7/8 in. (42.9 × 53 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Place depicted

Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date

1970

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 (from left to right) Sandra Waller, Edgar Earl Patton, Ilene Waller, Brady Patton, Leneatha Patton. The children are on top of a tractor. The photograph is inside a frame. The back of the frame has several inscriptions about the subject of the photograph, the photographer, and numbers. A label on the back of the frame reads: [1st year court-ordered-integration of Miss. Schools].

Topic

African American

Agriculture

American South

Children

Communities

Education

Families

Photography

Rural life

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson

Object number

2018.21.112

Restrictions & Rights

© Martha Olson

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Portfolio/Series

Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Olson, Martha, American

Subject of

Barnes, Otho, American, 1876 - 1975

Barnes, Anna, American, 1888 - 1978

Unidentified Woman or Women

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 9 7/8 × 7 1/8 in. (25.1 × 18.1 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

Place depicted

Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date

1970

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 Anna and Otho Barnes. Otho sits in the foreground of the photograph in a wooden chair. He faces the right of the image and is wearing a hat. Anna is featured in the background of the image standing near a table with a phone on it. In the right background, there is an unidentified person partially visible. The image is mounted to a paper frame which has the photographer’s name [Martha Olson] written below the image. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

Topic

African American

American South

Communities

Domestic life

Families

Photography

Rural life

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson

Object number

2018.21.15

Restrictions & Rights

© Martha Olson

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Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture