<I>Untitled (Preparing for Birth) </I>
date: label: Date
content: 1952; printed 2005
name: label: Created 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 arranging items on a bed. On the left side of the image Sapp, seen in profile, wearing a plaid patterned dress. She is seen smiling at the other woman as her proper right side faces the camera. Her hands are resting on the edge of the bed frame. Coley stands right of center, in the upper half of the image, holding folded cloths in her hands. She wears a pin striped dress with short sleeves and has a dark colored hat perched on the back of her head. Hanging off her proper right shoulder hangs a white cloth. In front of the women on the bed are stacks of cloths, towels, and other unidentified pieces of clothing. The bed is covered in a light-colored Irish Chain quilt. In the background, behind the women, are sheer curtains hanging over windows, a bureau upon which rests a mirror and a picture frame hanging on the wall.
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: 2009.1.26
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): 19 x 14 1/2 in. (48.3 x 36.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)