Clouds?

Lucille Douglass

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Amongst dense foliage that blooms with tall stalks containing yellow flowers are four birds with brown, black and white topsides and yellow undersides. The four birds are seen in various motions. One is flying upwards, two are on the ground, and one peaks its head out from a nest, which is nestled into the foliage.
This black and white photograph centers on an African American man, dressed in a suit, who holds a tube to his mouth. The tube curves, runs beneath his feet, and connects to a flaming vessel. To the left and the right of the man are wooden crossbeams. One vertical support beam to the left of the figure reads “HAITI” and another reads “65.” In front of those beams, represented in the lower right corner of the image, are two buckets.
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Cos Cob, Childe Hassam, etching