- Photograph by
- Smith, W. Eugene, American, 1918 - 1978
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (sheet): 9 3/16 x 13 1/2 in. (23.3 x 34.3 cm)
- H x W (image): 10 15/16 x 13 7/8 in. (27.8 x 35.2 cm)
- Caption
- Outside a clinic held in school, crowd waits to see Maude. On one afternoon, with one assistant, she gave 810 typhoid shots, later went out and delivered another baby.
- W. Eugene, Smith “Nurse Midwife: Maude Callens Eases Pain of Birth, Life and Death.” Life, December 3, 1951, 143.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of several men, women and children. There are cars and a building in the background with more people. The back of the photograph is stamped and has the number "92" written on it.
- Place depicted
- Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- 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
- 2013.114.13
- Restrictions & Rights
- © W. Eugene Smith - Time and Life Pictures/Getty Images
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




