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 sitting on a couch with three (3) children. The woman on the left, Mary Francis Hill Coley, wears a pin striped dress. She holds a young girl, smiling, in her lap. The young girl wears a lightly colored dress and looks to the baby on the lap of the woman on the right. The woman on the right, Martha Butler Sapp, wears a geometric patterned dress and a white, round earring in her proper left ear. The woman on the left is tickling the baby in the lap of the woman on the right. In the lower right corner is a small child, seated, looking away from the camera. The couch on which all five (5) are sitting is striped with dark and light stripes in a vertically oriented pattern. On the left side of the image is a brick wall.
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
2009.1.1
Restrictions & Rights
© 1987 Robert Galbraith
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56bcba2b9-b22d-45f0-b74a-5837e378f1b9

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