Indoor portrait of a living Nativity scene
date: label: Date
content: 1948 - 1970s
name: label: Photograph by
content: Rev. Henry Clay Anderson, American, 1911 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of a woman and three men in a biblical scene. Two of the men frame the other man and the woman in the center. The two men are wearing light robes covering their body and head, just showing the hands and faces. The one on the left has his hands in a giving pose and the one on the right is holding a large stick. The man in the center is wearing a plaid blanket draped across his shoulder. The woman is sitting on a bench below him and is wearing a blanket. She is holding a gathering of cloth on her lap to represent a baby.
place: label: Place made
content: Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Christianity
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: The Black Church
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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, Gift of Charles Schwartz and Shawn Wilson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.137.7.13
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)