A black-and-white photograph of a young Black girl having a tiara placed on her head as others watch.

Miss Juneteenth, Sycamore Park, Fort Worth

Peter H. Feresten (1945-2007)

Date

1984
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 8 1/2 x 12 7/16 in.
Sheet: 10 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.
Inscriptions

Verso:
l.l. titled and dated in graphite: Miss Juneteenth, Sycamore Park, Fort Worth, Tx. '84
l.r. signed in graphite: Peter Feresten
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of the Texas Historical Foundation with support from a major grant from the DuPont Company and Conoco, its energy subsidiary, and assistance from the Texas Commission on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts
Accession Number

P1985.17.70
Copyright

© 1984 Peter Helms Feresten

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