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The Tale Has Been Told

1939; printed 1950

Hancock Street, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A black-and-white photograph of seven children on the side of a New York street. Five children sit on the curb, and a sixth sits in a small chair. The last stands and holds the attention of the other six.

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Catalog reference: 2010.74.157

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