Museum object · gelatin silver prints
James Baldwin in Emirgan tea house trying hookah, Istanbul 1965
1965
Istanbul, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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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 depicting James Baldwin, legs crossed, smoking hookah in a Turkish tea garden.
- Catalog date
- 1965
- Recorded places
- Istanbul, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
- Recorded subjects
- African American; Literature; Photography
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: 2011.20.6
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection