<I>Untitled (Ready to Birth) </I>
date: label: Date
content: 1952; printed 2005
name: label: Photograph by
content: Robert Galbraith, American, 1919 - 2015
label: Printed by
content: Igor Bakht, born 1928
label: Subject of
content: Mary Francis Hill Coley, American, 1900 - 1966
label: Subject of
content: Martha Butler Sapp, American, 1932 - 2003
notes: label: Description
content: Black and white image of Mary Coley and Martha Sapp. Coley is assisting in the birthing of Sapp. Coley on the left, stands over Sapp who is lying in bed. Coley wears a nurses' cap, light-colored smock and a towel over her proper left shoulder. She pulls up the covers of the bed over Sapp's knees with her right hand. Her left hand is over the stomach of the Sapp. Sapp is in the lower half of the image. Her head is on the right side of the image. She is grimacing in pain. Her legs and feet are exposed beneath the blankets covering her torso. The background is in shadow.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Health
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Medicine
label: Topic
content: Midwifery
label: Topic
content: Motherhood
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Rural life
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Reclaiming Midwives: Stills from All My Babies
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert Galbraith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2009.1.9
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1987 Robert Galbraith
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. 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 (Image): 14 1/2 x 19 in. (36.8 x 48.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)