Untitled (Sharing first moments)
- 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 Mary Coley, Martha Sapp, and a small baby. In the lower right corner Martha Sapp is laying in bed. She looks away from the camera at Mary Coley seated to her right. Coley is on the left side of the image, looks at the woman in bed and wears a white nurses' cap and a light-colored dress. In her lap she holds a small baby. On the table to the left of Coley are dishes and a pot full of liquid. The background of the image on the left side is in shadow. Along the bottom of the image, about 1/2 inch from the matte, is a very narrow line of white.
- 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
- 2009.1.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1987 Robert Galbraith
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.