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Photographic Portrait of Ethel Mae Cage-Hagin

Photographic Portrait of Ethel Mae Cage-Hagin - Portrait
Accession #: 3873.2
Title: Photographic Portrait of Ethel Mae Cage-Hagin
Object Type: Portrait
Participants:
Physical Description: Framed, oval, tinted photo portrait of Ethel Mae Cage-Hagin, aunt of Wallace Hagin. The portrait is in its original frame, unglazed, and is hung from above by a gold satin cord covered bracket attached to the frame by gold satin cord.
Description: While African Americans Russell Hagin and Ethel Cage-Hagin raised their family in Spokane at mid-20th century, their nephew, local photographer Wallace Hagin, Jr. (1915-2006) was documenting the region's African American community with images of clubs and church groups, portraits and special occasions. An extensive Hagin family photograph collection also records the region's black community back to the late 19th century.
Category: History
Related Objects:
3873.1 (Hagin, Russell Auger, Portrait, Photographic Portrait of Russell Auger Hagin)
Dimensions:
height 22"
width 16"
Materials/Techniques:
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Credit Line: Gift of Wally Hagin, 1997

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