<I>Untitled (Swabs for baby's eyes) </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
notes: label: Description
content: Black and white image of women's hands. On the left side of the image is one pair of hands with the person holding a packet of cotton swabs, center, in their proper left hand. The person's proper left hand is rests on the finial of a chair back. In the upper right of the image is an arm reaching down, grabbing a swab from the packet. The person's forearm is bare with a sleeve cuff seen at her elbow. Behind, in the background, is a table with dishes and a pot on top. The lower right of the image 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: 2009.1.10
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)