Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Twins
1980; printed 2010
Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, 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 color photograph shows identical twins wearing popular fashion from the 1980s in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York, in 1980. The girls are wearing oversized coats, skirts, shirts, and Cazal glasses. The back of the photograph is inscribed with the title and photographer Jamel Shabazz’s signature.
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Catalog reference: 2014.84.6
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