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Photograph of six people standing at a tailor shop’s front counter

ca. 1945

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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 silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of six (6) people standing at a tailor shop’s front counter. The two (2) men and two (2) of the women are standing behind the front counter. The man depicted on the left is standing behind a cash register. He is wearing a collared shirt and striped pants. He has a measuring tape draped over his shoulders. The man on the far right is standing in front of a rack of clothes. He is wearing a dark, button down shirt. Two (2) women stand between the men behind the counter. The woman on the left is wearing a white, short sleeve blouse. She is resting her proper left arm and proper right hand on the counter in front of her. The woman to her right is wearing a short sleeve, diagonally striped blouse. There is a paper wrapped package on the counter in front of her.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2013.46.25.195

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