- Created by
- Varela, Maria, American, born 1940
- Subject of
- Hamer, Fannie Lou, American, 1917 - 1977
- Date
- ca. 1965
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image and Sheet): 8 11/16 x 6 3/16 in. (22.1 x 15.7 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of a rocking chair with no seat or back underneath a tree in a yard with a house shown in the background.
- Place depicted
- Ruleville, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.107.37
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Maria Varela/The Image Works
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




