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Such Sweet Thunder

1995

United States, North and Central America

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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 hand crafted portfolio housing ten silver gelatin prints by Herb Snitzer. The portfolio consists of a rectangular box covered in blue cloth, featuring a letterpress label reading [SUCH / SWEET / THUNDER / HERB SNITZER] followed by the palm tree logo of publisher Palm Press. Included in the portfolio are three handset letterpress sheets: a title page (a) signed by Herb Snitzer; a listing (b) of the photographs included; and an introduction panel (d), written by Lewis Porter. At the bottom of the list page is [This is portfolio number] with [37/75] added by hand first in graphite and written over in black ink.

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Catalog reference: 2019.62.11a-d

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