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date: label: Date
content: 1951
name: label: Photograph by
content: W. Eugene Smith, American, 1918 - 1978
label: Subject of
content: Maude E. Callen, American, 1898 - 1990
label: Subject of
content: Dr. William K. Fishburne, American, 1880 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Caption
content: Dr. W. L. Fishburne, head of the Berkeley County health department, examines a patient brought to the hospital by Maude.
label: Caption
content: W. Eugene, Smith “Nurse Midwife: Maude Callens Eases Pain of Birth, Life and Death.” Life, December 3, 1951, 142.
label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Maude Callen and Dr. W. K. Fishburne examining a patient. The patient has her back to the camera. Both Callen and Fishburne have a hand on the patient's back. The photograph is stamped and inscribed on the back.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Health
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Medicine
label: Topic
content: Midwifery
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: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.114.9
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © W. Eugene Smith - Time and Life Pictures/Getty Images
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: 10 1/4 x 13 15/16 in. (26 x 35.4 cm)