Photograph of Dr. A. M. Townsend near a ledge
date: label: Date
content: most likely 1909
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Arthur Melvin Townsend Sr., American, 1875 - 1959
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of a Dr. Arthur Melvin Townsend standing near a ledge of some kind, possibly a dock. Behing him are a man standing on the barricade and another man holding a guitar. On the back of the photograph is a number written in pencil [301].
place: label: Place captured
content: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.36.39
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. (7.9 x 6.4 cm)