Fannie Lou Hamer

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Object Details

Artist

Bruce Davidson, born 1933

Sitter

Fannie Lou Hamer, 6 Oct 1917 - 15 Mar 1977

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Date

1970

Object number

NPG.96.169

Restrictions & Rights

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Copyright

Type

Photograph

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image: 32.5 x 25.5cm (12 13/16 x 10 1/16")

Sheet: 35.6 x 28cm (14 x 11")

Mat: 55.9 x 40.6cm (22 x 16")

Place

United States\Mississippi

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Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Interior\Domestic\Bedroom

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Bed

Fannie Lou Hamer: Female

Fannie Lou Hamer: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist\Civil rights leader

Fannie Lou Hamer: Business and Finance\Natural resources commerce\Agriculturist\Farmer\Sharecropper

Portrait

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