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"The Dolls."

Dublin Core

Title

"The Dolls."

Series

27

Item

988

Identifier

158203-photo-0988-1

Archival Description

"The Dolls." Authentic original, matte print displayed in "Eudora Welty," Lugene, Inc. Opticians exhibition (1936). Recto - "Dolls Alike"; title on the front probably written in Eudora Welty's hand. "Jackson, Miss."; title on the front written in another hand.

Detailed Description

From the Eudora Welty Digital Archives Photographs Collection - MDAH. Black-and-white photograph of two young Black girls holding white dolls and standing in front of a wooden fence, both are looking to the camera's right. The girl on the left is wearing a light-colored patterned dress with a dark cardigan over top and boots. The girl on the right is wearing a medium-toned, patterned dress with a light-colored cardigan over top with knee-high patterned socks and shoes. Text in bottom left reads "Dolls Alike" and text at bottom center reads "Jackson, Miss".

Creator

Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001

Date

ca. 1930s

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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