Created by
Galbraith, Robert, American, 1919 - 2015
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): 39 1/4 x 26 1/4 in. (99.7 x 66.7 cm)
Description
Black and white image of a woman standing near a window. Woman wears a pin-striped dress with short sleeves. She also wears a dark colored had perched on the back of her head. The woman stands in three-quarter view with her proper right side facing the camera. She is bending slightly at the waist to look out a window and moves the sheer polka dotted curtains out of the way with her proper right hand. She stands in the left two-thirds of the image with the window in the right third of the image. The walls in the background are horizontally paneled and painted a light color.
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
2009.1.42
Restrictions & Rights
© 1987 Robert Galbraith
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd598ef7ac6-b06a-4ff2-bb2c-23341533a794

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