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Museum object · Photographs and Still Images

Untitled

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 a boy back flipping over old mattresses. Two boys are outside, one doing a flip and the other cheering him on. The boy doing a backflip is wearing dark-colored shorts, t shirt and sneakers. The boy cheering him on is wearing shorts, a light-colored shirt and sneakers. He is standing in the lower right corner of the photograph with his arms raised. There are no inscriptions, front or back.

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Catalog reference: 2016.118.12

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