Member of the congregation of Wheeley's church who is called "Queen." She is wearing the old fashioned type of sunbonnet. Her dress and apron were made at home. Near Gordonton, North Carolina

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Title
Member of the congregation of Wheeley's church who is called "Queen." She is wearing the old fashioned type of sunbonnet. Her dress and apron were made at home. Near Gordonton, North Carolina
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lange, Dorothea (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Lange, Dorothea

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1939-07
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 019917-C
Topics
North Carolina -- Gordonton
North Carolina -- Person County
Rural women
Genres
Photographs
Portraits
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Content: Title and date from Library of Congress.
Content: NYPL print is misnumbered 019917-D on verso.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: Print Size: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
TMS ID: 24729
TMS Object Number: 019917-C
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c8a8dbb0-975f-0136-5e7e-7ddb735dcfd8
Rights Statement
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  • 1939: Created
  • 2019: Digitized
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Member of the congregation of Wheeley's church who is called "Queen." She is wearing the old fashioned type of sunbonnet. Her dress and apron were made at home. Near Gordonton, North Carolina" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/608bdcf0-9761-0136-4a69-2d4ac443d6f2

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Member of the congregation of Wheeley's church who is called "Queen." She is wearing the old fashioned type of sunbonnet. Her dress and apron were made at home. Near Gordonton, North Carolina" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/608bdcf0-9761-0136-4a69-2d4ac443d6f2

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1939). Member of the congregation of Wheeley's church who is called "Queen." She is wearing the old fashioned type of sunbonnet. Her dress and apron were made at home. Near Gordonton, North Carolina Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/608bdcf0-9761-0136-4a69-2d4ac443d6f2

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Member of the congregation of Wheeley's church who is called "Queen." She is wearing the old fashioned type of sunbonnet. Her dress and apron were made at home. Near Gordonton, North Carolina