Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Life Goes On - 1997
1997; printed 2014
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, 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 gelatin silver print of two young boys sitting outside on cement steps in front of an empty lot. The boy on the left has both of his arms resting in his lap. The boy on the right is resting his head on his left arm. The cement steps are overgrown with plants and trees are in the background. An adhesive label on the verso has the photographer's printed name and contact information as well as [Life Goes On - 1997] in bold italicized text and the photographer's signature [Don Thompson 2014] in graphite.
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Catalog reference: 2014.206.12
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