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Photograph of Mother's Day event at Hot 97

ca. 1995

New York City, New York, 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 photograph of a Mother's Day event at Hot 97. Ed Lover is in the back row on the far left of the photo, he is wearing a black and white striped shirt. Lover's mother, Mrs. Roberts, is standing to the right of Lover. Doctor Dré’s mother, Mrs. Brown, is standing to the right of Mrs. Roberts. She is wearing a hat with a flower and glasses. Doctor Dré is standing to the right of his mother and is wearing a short sleeve t shirt. Curt Flint is standing to the right of Dré. He has his proper right arm around Dré and his proper left arm around his mother who is standing on the far right. Lisa G.'s mother Eleanor Sylvan is standing on the far left of the photo in the front row. Lisa G. is standing to Sylvan's right. Wayne Mayo is standing in front and to the right of Lisa G.

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Catalog reference: 2020.30.3.5

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