Untitled (Accomplishment)
- 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): 19 x 14 1/2 in. (48.3 x 36.8 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
- Description
- Black and white image of two (2) women standing in a doorway. The woman on the left, Mary Coley, wears a lighter colored dress with white collar and cuffs. The sleeves of her dress meet at the elbow. Coley has two pockets in the front of her dress at hip level. She wipes her hands on a towel and looks off to the lower proper right. Next to her, on the right side, is an unidentified woman wearing a dark dress, also with a white collar. She wears a white apron and holds a towel in her folded arms. The woman on the right stands slightly behind the other and also looks off to the lower proper right. Surrounding the two (2) women is the door frame, painted a dark color. The walls above and on either side of the doorframe is the paneled wall, painted white. Behind the women, above their heads is a lit, bare light bulb.
- 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
- 2009.1.17
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1987 Robert Galbraith
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.