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"Sunday Morning."

Dublin Core

Title

"Sunday Morning."

Series

27

Item

985

Identifier

158202-photo-0985-1

Archival Description

"Sunday Morning." Authentic original, matte print displayed in "Eudora Welty," Lugene, Inc. Opticians exhibition (1936). Recto - "Sunday"; title on the front written in Eudora Welty's hand. "- Jackson, Miss."; title on the front written in another hand. Pencil enhancement, as requested by Photographic Galleries.

Detailed Description

From the Eudora Welty Digital Archives Photographs Collection - MDAH. Black-and-white photograph of a young Black girl wearing a light-colored, patterned dress that stops mid-thigh and has no sleeves, and light-colored socks with Mary Janes. Her hair is tied back and has a light-colored bow on the side of her hair. There is a cloth item at her elbow that matches the dress pattern and she is holding a dark umbrella. She is standing on a sidewalk with bushes, trees, and a road behind her. Bottom left corner reads "Sunday - Jackson, Miss".

Creator

Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001

Date

Undated

Location

Jackson, Mississippi

Rights

Copyright © Eudora Welty, LLC; Courtesy Eudora Welty Collection – Mississippi Department of Archives and History
(Permission to publish required).

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