safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Mitchell, Carleton
MARTINIQUE: St. Pierre
Circa 1947
2.25 x 2.25 x 0

Safety negative; young Black girl standing in front of statue; caption under similar photo in "Islands to Windward" reads "Before the ruins of the theater of St. Pierre stands a statue symbolizing the town's arising from the ashes, which is literally what happened."; Martinique; for similar views of statue see '1996.31.1291-.1293'; handwritten on original envelope "1383". Photographed by Carleton Mitchell. Information taken from Mitchell's "Islands to Windward: Cruising the Caribbees"; p. 80.

1996.31.1291