Una Sewing Co-op - Black Dolls B: Museum Object and Cultural History
Una Sewing Co-op - Black Dolls B: Date: 1968. Photograph by: Dr. Doris Derby, American, 1939 - 2022. Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black-and-white image of a member of the Una Sewing Co-op making a doll. The image is in portrait orientation and depicts a close-up shot of a woman (her PL side) cutting a piece of fabric. The woman's hair is wrapped, and she is wearing a white sweater with her sleeves pushed up and a checkered dress underneath. She has a thin watch on her PL wrist. There is a black Singer (R) sewing machine in the background.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1968
- Photograph by: Dr. Doris Derby, American, 1939 - 2022
- Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
- Subject of: Poor People's Corporation, American, 1965 - 1974
- Subject of: Liberty House, American, 1965 - 1974
- Type: portraits
- Type: digital images
- Type: digital media - born analog
- Medium: digital
- Dimensions: H x W: 1280 pixels × 875 pixels, 0.61 MB
- Place captured: Una, Clay County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: American South
- Topic: Business
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Labor
- Topic: Poverty
- Topic: Resistance
- Object number: 2014.23.12.2
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
Sources and reuse
Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Doris A. Derby Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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