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Digital print of a Chicago housing mural by John Pitman Weber

June 2010; printed 2012

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 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 color photograph of a housing-themed mural on a brick wall. The mural is made to appear as two white signs surrounded by colorful geometric shapes. The top sign reads "HOUSING / IS / STILL / THE / ISSUE" and below it, in Spanish, it reads "A LA DEFENSA / LA COMUNIDAD [...]” The individual bricks of the wall are visible beneath the paint.

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Catalog reference: 2013.140.30

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