- 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.




