- Printed by
- Dury's, American, 1882 - 2020
- Subject of
- Layton, Sarah W., American, 1876 - 1950
- Mapp, Jessie C., American, 1880 - 1945
- Dr. Townsend, Arthur Melvin Sr., American, 1875 - 1959
- Townsend, Willa Ann Hadley, American, 1880 - 1947
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1936
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (7 x 11.4 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of a group of eleven men and women standing on the porch steps of a house in Nassau, The Bahamas. A man and a young child stand behind the railing on the right side. Sarah W. Layten is in the upper left corner with Jessie C. Mapp next to her. Willa A. Townsend sits on the steps on the right bottom corner with Dr. Arthur M. Townsend standing to her proper right. On the back, the location is handwritten in pencil [at Nassau, Bahamas]. There is also a sideways stamp logo [DURY'S / The Mark of Quality].
- Place made
- Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Nassau, Bahamas, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Communities
- Photography
- Travel
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.36.29
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




