Untitled
- Photograph by
- Smith, W. Eugene, American, 1918 - 1978
- Subject of
- Callen, Maude E., American, 1898 - 1990
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 10 1/4 × 13 3/8 in. (26 × 34 cm)
- Caption
- Incubator is made of box and whiskey bottles full of warm water. The bottles are placed at foot and sides of box, then covered with layers of cloth. This will sometimes work for as long as two or three hours.
- W. Eugene, Smith “Nurse Midwife: Maude Callens Eases Pain of Birth, Life and Death.” Life, December 3, 1951, 144.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Maude Callen pouring water into a glass bottle. On the table next to her is a lantern, more bottles and a crate with a sheet in it. Two pans are hanging on the wall. The photograph is stamped and inscribed on the back.
- Place depicted
- Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Black Enterprise
- Health
- Labor
- Medicine
- Midwifery
- Photography
- Rural life
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation
- Object number
- 2013.114.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- © W. Eugene Smith - Time and Life Pictures/Getty Images
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.