Photograph of Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Times Square, NYC, 1987

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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 color photograph of Kool G Rap & DJ Polo on a television screen through a store window in Times Square. There are grey, yellow, black, and red sale signs surrounding the TV. One of the signs reads [1993 / COLOR / PORTABLE / TV's / in / STOCK!]. The image appears to be of a storefront window or a display in a store. There is a white border around the image. It is thicker on the two sides and thinner on the top and bottom. There is a small, yellowing tear the top from where a piece of tape used to be. The back of the photograph has light grey text repeated diagonal lines facing the left side of the paper. There is an inscription by Bill Adler handwritten vertically down the left side in blue ink.

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