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1994.15.213

Drawing by child in pencil of three figures. [MJD 24/03/2015]

1994.15.213

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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 'a man', woman' and 'child'. [MJD 24/03/2015]
Cultural groups
African American
Person
Maker Viola
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 153 mm, Length: max 229 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1994.15.213
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]

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