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Photographic print of Salt-N-Pepa recording at Bayside Studios

February 6, 1989

Queens, 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.

A black and white photograph of Salt-N-Pepa recording at Bayside Studios in Queens, New York. The three women are pictured standing inside the studio, singing into a microphone mounted from the right side of the photograph. Left to right is Spinderella, Salt, and Pepa. Spinderella wears a dark shirt with light colored check pants and has the thumb of her proper right hand tucked into her pants pocket.Salt is in the middle wearing an oversized sweater with [9] on the front and dark jeans. Her proper left hand is held in a loose fist in front of her. Pepa is on the right wearing a multicolored sweater and dark pants. Her knees are bent slightly and her proper left hand is in a fist on her thigh. They are in an interior room with wood paneled walls behind them and a ceiling with acoustic tiles above them.

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Catalog reference: 2015.132.310

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