Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
A Woman Waiting in the Doorway
1976; printed 2005
Harlem, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
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.
This image depicts a standing young woman leaning her right shoulder against a concrete doorway. Behind her is a multi-paned door, missing its door handles. The woman wears a wrinkled skirt, blouse with bow at the neck, and vest, and stands with her hands folded at her waist, carrying a black handbag under her left arm. She gazes to her left, away from the viewer.
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Catalog reference: 2013.197.4
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