A young black woman in Louisiana looks out her window to two children and their grandmother

A young black woman in Louisiana looks out her window to two children and their grandmother

Louisiana
African Americans
Houses
Children
Families

Caption on back: "These two children are with their granny who is smoking her pipe. The girl looking out from the window is the belle of Shacktown. Wooden blocks have been put under the house for it to stand on. Such foundations are common in the far south."

Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940

Published opposite page 49 in Highways and Byways of the Mississippi Valley, by Clifton Johnson.

Jones Library Special Collections

Circa 1902

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Is part of the Clifton Johnson Photograph Collection

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Photographs

CJ-7-19-08-GPN4

Photograph

5 x 7 in.