Civil Rights Activist Doris Derby’s Yashica Camera
A vintage Yashica TL-Super film camera. The SLR camera has a metal body with a rubber grip. The Asahi Super-Takumar 55mm f/1.8 lens mounted on the camera is dented and the glass filter is cracked.
Derby documented the poverty of Black Mississippians in the ‘60s and ‘70s. Her damaged camera was on display in the Civil Rights Museum in Jackson, MS.