Ismael Aponte with wife Ana, returned migrants after 33 years in Paterson, NJ

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A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Ismael Aponte and Ana Aponte standing next to one another at the end of the porch. Ana is standing on the left, with her proper right arm on the railing. She is wearing large, circle framed glasses with a headscarf. Ismael is standing on the right. His proper left arm is extended to lean on the rail, his proper right arm is around Ana. Ismael has a cigarette or cigar in his mouth. The background is a field with hills in the distance. There are two small trees, one directly behind the couple and another standing off the right side. On the bottom left corner, a part of a couch is visible. There are no inscriptions on the front of the photograph.

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