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Stepping Out

1981

Washington, District of Columbia, 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 a man and woman dancing. The man is wearing a dark colored suit and the woman is wearing a dark colored dress. The man dancing is also wearing a nametag. They are dancing in front of a group of people sitting in rows of folding chairs. Some of the people in the audience are wearing winter coats, hats and nametags. The photograph is stamped and inscribed on the back. the inscription identifies the couple dancing as "the Martins."

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Catalog reference: 2011.15.390

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