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Bessie holding Lee Harris in front of his childhood home in Hackensack, New Jersey

Object Details

Scope and Contents
Photograph of Lee Harris and his godmother Bessie taken at his home on 310 3rd Street in Hackensack, New Jersey. Description written on back.
Date
1940 August
Extent
1 Item (photographic print , gelatin silver, 8 x 10 in.)
Type
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Topic
African American families
African Americans
Place
New Jersey
United States
Collection Rights
The Lee Harris papers are the physical property of the Anacostia Community Museum. Literary and copyright belong to the author/creator or their legal heirs and assigns. Rights to work produced during the normal course of Museum business resides with the Anacostia Community Museum. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the Museum Archives.
Collection Citation
The Lee Harris papers, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Mr. Chester Lee Harris.
Identifier
ACMA.06-034, Item ACMA PH2003.7078.79
Bessie holding Lee Harris in front of his childhood home in Hackensack, New Jersey
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