- Created 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 two (2) women in the foreground and three (3) women and one (1) child in the background. In the foreground, two (2) women are seated talking with each other. The woman on the left, Mary Coley, wears a white and dark striped dress with three-quarter sleeves and an apron. Coley's proper left arm is wrapped around the shoulders of the woman seated on her proper left. The woman on the right wears a light-colored dress with a stylized bib collar with buttons down the front. In her proper right hand, she holds a purse. She also wears a white round earring in her proper left ear. She looks at the woman to her right. Behind the front row of women are three (3) additional women along the upper third of the image. In the upper left corner is a small child held by a woman who points away from the child. The other two (2) women in the background wear patterned dresses and look at the two (2) women seated in front.
- 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
- 2009.1.31
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1987 Robert Galbraith
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




