safety negative

Safety negative by Carleton Mitchell, photographed April 1947; head and shoulders view of old black woman (possibly Rebecca) with pronounced cheekbones; brick wall in background; island of Saba (West Indies); for same woman see 1996.31.1549-50; for Saba photographs see 1996.31.1414-1481, 1506-1565; handwritten on original envelope neg.no. "1636", corresponds with original Mitchell contact; REF: "Islands to Windward" (1948).