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[Head-and-shoulders portrait of a young man, seated, facing left] [graphic].

Collection:: Rosa Parks Papers
Title:: [Head-and-shoulders portrait of a young man, seated, facing left] [graphic].
Date of Original:: 1900/1929
Subject:: African American men
Location:: United States, 39.76, -98.5
Medium:: portrait photographs1900-1930.gmgpc
Type:: StillImage
Format:: image/jpeg
Description:: Title devised by Library staff.
Metadata URL:: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.48582
Language:: eng
Additional Rights Information:: Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress