Market Scene, West Indies

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Mitchell, Carleton
ST. VINCENT ?
Circa 1947
2.25 x 2.25 x 0

Safety negative; Black woman at the outdoor market; possibly St. Vincent. The woman wears a long patterned dress and a brimmed straw hat obscures her face. Other women in the background, none facing the camera, dressed similarly. For similar views of market see '1996.31.1240-.1241'; handwritten on original envelope "1334". Photographed by Carleton Mitchell. Information taken from Mitchell's "Islands to Windward: Cruising the Caribbees"; p. 52.

1996.31.1241