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Members Inside the Club

August 29, 2009; printed 2012

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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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 members of the Capital Pool Checkers Club inside the club surrounding a checkers board table. Standing in the back row is Freddie Owens, John Williams, Thomas Franklin Webber, Oliver Griffin, George Glenn and Thomas Fletcher. Sitting in the front row is Fletcher Clark, Gabe Curtis Brothers, John Curtis, Spencer Taylor, Charles Griffin, Tal Roberts and Donald Cunningham. The print is inscribed on the back.

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Catalog reference: 2012.41.46

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