- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Drawing by child in pencil of three figures. [MJD 24/03/2015]
- Long description
- Drawing by child in pencil of two figures on one side and one figure on the back. The figures are annotated 'woman' and child'. On the back is a drawing of a figure annotated 'man'. [MJD 24/03/2015]
- Geographical reference
- Alabama Montgomery
- Cultural groups
- African American
- Person
- Maker Julia May Erane
- Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood
- PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1927
- Date collected
- By 1975
- Acquisition information
- Found unentered: 1994
- Materials and processes
- Material Paper Plant, Material Pencil, Process Drawn
- Dimensions
- Width: max 156 mm, Length: max 226 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1994.15.175
- Research and responses
According to David Harmon's entry in the Encyclopaedia of Alabama the Montgomery Industrial School for Girls was a private school for African American girls, established in 1886 and closed in 1928. http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1162 [MJD 24/03/2015]
Search terms: Picture and Graphic Art, Children and Childcare, Drawing
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