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Run backstage with fan in New Orleans, Raising Hell Tour, 1986

1986; printed 2003

New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

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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.

A color photograph of Run with a fan in New Orleans during the Raising Hell tour. In the left foreground of the image is the back of a boy's head. He has [adidas] and the Adidas logo shaved into his hair. Run is in the center of the image, looking at the camera with both arms outstretched and his hands on the boy's shoulders. He wears a black hat and a black t-shirt. Behind him are a set of stairs with silver metal edging and lights. Beneath the image is a handwritten inscription reading [AHHH...CLASSIC! "RUN" BACKSTAGE WITH FAN IN / NEW ORLEANS - RAISING HELL TOUR '86] along with the photographer's signature [Ricky Powell / '03].

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Catalog reference: 2015.132.350

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