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African American girl birthday photo album

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: ViU-2023-0040

Content Description

This collection contains a photo album containing fifteen original black-and-white photographs from the 1960s of a birthday celebration of a young Black girl and her family. The participants are unidentified; each picture displays different moments of celebration, from playing games, blowing out candles, accepting presents, and receiving fake spankings administered by grown-ups wielding a dishwashing brush. The photographs, 3.25" x 3.25", are in plastic sleeves in a contemporary square, spiral-bound, blue leatherette album.

Acquisition Type

Purchase

Provenance

Purchased from Michael Laird Rare Books, LLC, 10 January, 2023

Restrictions Apply

No

Dates

  • Creation: 1960s

Extent

.03 Cubic Feet (1 letter folder) : 1 album

Inventory

1 album