Photograph by
Galbraith, Robert, American, 1919 - 2015
Printed by
Bakht, Igor, born 1928
Subject of
Coley, Mary Francis Hill, American, 1900 - 1966
Sapp, Martha Butler, American, 1932 - 2003
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 two (2) women, one seated on a bed and the other standing and bent over the torso of the seated woman. The standing woman, Mary Francis Hill Coley, on the left side of the image, wears a light-colored dress with white cuffs on her sleeves. The sleeves reach only to her elbow. Tied around her waist is a white apron. Her proper left hand is touching the stomach of the seated woman. Her proper right hand grasps the bed frame. The seated woman, Martha Butler Sapp, is on the right side of the image and wears a terry cloth robe. Her hair is tied up in a scarf. She looks down at the hand on her stomach. The bed on which she sits is uncovered with blankets around her. In the upper left corner of the image are sheer, polka dotted curtains surrounding a window with the shade closed. The upper right corner of the image is in shadow.
Place depicted
Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Portfolio/Series
Reclaiming Midwives: Stills from All My Babies
Classification
Media Arts-Photography
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
2009.1.15
Restrictions & Rights
© 1987 Robert Galbraith
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55736fa59-cac9-4eb2-891c-4c7f3418a701

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