Untitled (Running for Midwife)
- Photograph by
- Galbraith, Robert, American, 1919 - 2015
- Printed by
- Bakht, Igor, born 1928
- Subject of
- Coley, Mary Francis Hill, American, 1900 - 1966
- Date
- 1952; printed 2005
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 14 1/2 x 19 in. (36.8 x 48.3 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
- Description
- Black and white image of a man running to a truck. The truck, seen left of center in the yard of a house, is dark colored and is missing a hub cap on the back tire. The front of the truck is dented falling apart. On the either side of the bed of the truck are wooden panels attached to the inside. The back window has spider web cracks. The man, seen running off of a porch to the driver's side of the truck. The man wears a dark hat and jacket. His pants and shirt are light-colored with stains and rips throughout. The house is a clapboard house with tarpapered roof and eaves. On the porch of the house are a wooden chair and cardboard Tide box. A chimney can be seen on the far gable. On the right side of the image in the foreground is a bare tree. In the background of the left side of the image are additional bare trees.
- Place depicted
- Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Reclaiming Midwives: Stills from All My Babies
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Black Enterprise
- Children
- Families
- Health
- Labor
- Medicine
- Midwifery
- Motherhood
- Photography
- Rural life
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert Galbraith
- Object number
- 2009.1.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1987 Robert Galbraith
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.