A black and white portrait photograph a Black woman facing the camerea. She is wearing a headwrap, lace blouse and long aptterned skirt. She also wears a beaded crucifix round her neck, bracelets on both wrists and an earring. Her right arm is resting on a object to the right of the image and her left arm wrests on her lap. Original caption: 'Negress' (this word is now deemed offensive).