- 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 the figure is annotated 'man'. [MJD 24/03/2015]
- Geographical reference
- Alabama Montgomery
- Cultural groups
- African American
- Person
- Maker Marguerite Dawson
- 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 148 mm, Length: max 226 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1994.15.185
- 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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