Untitled (Timing Contractions)
- Created 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, Mary Francis Hill Coley and Martha Butler Sapp in an interior room of a house. Sapp is visibly pregnant and seated in a chair, wearing a terry cloth robe and a hair wrap. Coley stands in front of Sapp and rests her proper right hand on Sapp's stomach. She wears a pin striped dress with short sleeves. Her proper left hand rests on her proper right leg. The room has a mantel and stove on the left side. The stove can be seen in the lower left corner with the mantel extending up the left side of the image. On the mantel are picture frames and knickknacks. Behind the women is a white crib standing in front of a curtained window with the shade drawn. To the right of the window, along the right side of the image is a door that also has a window with the shade drawn.
- 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
- 2009.1.30
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1987 Robert Galbraith
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.