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Springboard to a Dream

1978

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 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 black and white photographic print of two children doing back flips outside. Two boys are suspended upside down in the air as they flip backward in front of a pile of mattress springs. They are both wearing long-sleeve shirts, pants and sneakers. The boy on the left is wearing pants, a long-sleeve shirt and a hat. The boy on the right is wearing dark pants, a long-sleeve collared shirt and sneakers. The brick wall of a building is behind them is in the background. The back of the photograph is stamped with [(c) PHOTOGRAPH BY / JOHN H. WHITE].

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Catalog reference: 2016.118.11

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