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Piano player and crowd

1968

Washington, District of Columbia, 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 photograph of a woman playing a piano with a crowd of people during the Poor People's Campaign. The image depicts a woman in a white sleeveless dress playing the piano. The piano is situated outside, at the base of a set of wide, tiered steps. There are men and women sitting and standing around her. Some people are leaning on the piano. There is a grouping of flower arrangements on the far side of the piano. There is a thin black border around the image with a white border on the outside. The photograph is signed "Laura Jones" on the proper left side under the image. The back of the photograph is blank.

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Catalog reference: 2017.109.16

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