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unknown, fl. 1950; [Photograph of a Black woman and child at a beach]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09724.06 Author/Creator: unknown, fl. 1950; Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1950 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.3 cm. Order a Copy

One undated black and white photograph a Black woman holding a child in the ocean water. Image is of the woman and child, wearing swim caps, sitting in the water. A pier is visible in the background.

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