Tee shirt & bottles on steps - Baltimore, Md. - 2004

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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.

This image depicts a street memorial of someone from the neighborhood who has passed away. At center of the image is a set of five steps covered with rows of liquor and beer bottles. The steps lead to a doorway boarded over with plywood, set in a stone building. A tee-shirt is fastened by the shoulders to the plywood board. Drawn on the tee-shirt is a simple tombstone with the letters "R.I.P." across the top with illegible words below. There is additional writing across the top of the tee-shirt. A dark bandana is tied by a corner to the bottom of the tee-shirt. There is also writing on the board, including the letters "FNB."

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