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Image Not Available for Cottonmaker’s Jubilee, Beale Street
Cottonmaker’s Jubilee, Beale Street
Image Not Available for Cottonmaker’s Jubilee, Beale Street

Cottonmaker’s Jubilee, Beale Street

Artist (American, 1922-2007)
CultureAmerican
Datemid 1950s, printed between 1990 and 2000
MediumGelatin silver print on fiber paper
Dimensionssheet: 10 15/16 × 13 13/16 in. (27.8 × 35.1 cm)
Classificationsphotographs
Credit LineAckland Fund
Object number2017.26.5
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