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African American youth playing banjo.

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Scene depicting a seated African American boy singing and playing banjo in a nicely furnished parlor. Nearby, his idle broom is propped upon another chair.; Title supplied by cataloguer.; Wood, a Philadelphia artist, turned to photography in the 1880s exhibiting his work, including genre studies of African Americans, at national and international exhibitions. His photographs won several prizes.; Forms part of: George Bacon Wood Photograph Collection.

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Keywords

  1. African American Boys
  2. African American Musicians
  3. African Americans
  4. Banjos
  5. Genre Photographs
  6. Platinum Prints
  7. United States

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