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Photograph of Roxanne Shante at Cold Chillin' Records

April 1990; printed 2003

New York City, New York, 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.

Four identical black-and-white photographs of Roxanne Shante in the offices of Cold Chillin' Records, NYC, April 1990. The image is a close up portrait of Shante, she looks straight at the camera with her hands held up to her face. .1 is signed and dated by the photographer at the bottom right. On the verso, an inscription by Bill Adler identifies the photographer, subject, date, and location on .1 and .2.

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Catalog reference: 2015.132.308.1-.4

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