Inscribed in black, verso, center: Credit LINE : // CAROLINE VALENTA [with rectangular border]
Inscribed in pencil with red pencil arrows and stamp, verso, center: Please Return To [arrow] WILLA PERCIVAL – PHOTO RESEARCH // [Address] [arrow]
Inscribed in blue ink, verso, center: “Natural Childbirth”: my picture of my daughter Lillie being born // ran in “Scope”, a medical magazine. // While lying on my back on the delivery table, I held my Rollei // upside down and looked into the mirror to see her emerge. // My doctor asked me “which was more exciting, covering // the Texas City Disaster or this.” I said they were exact opposites, // one of much death, one of new life, but I’d say equal in // getting adrenalin flowing – After my third shot, the doc said, “We’d better stop, the baby’s getting cold,” the nurse washed her, and I changed the roll of film // in my Rollei, no mean feat, I’ll say, under those circum- // stances. Then I took another pic of Lil all washed and // wrapped in a small blanket. // C.V.