Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Angela Davis relaxes during a day off from her trial, San Jose, 1972
1972; printed 2021
San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, United States, North and Central America
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 archival print of Angela Davis standing in a room. The image is centered on Davis, who stands in front of a coach and side table. She wears a dark dress with a shawl over it; she carries a purse over her left shoulder and papers in her right hand. She looks to the viewer's right towards a plume of smoke emanating from an individual just out of frame. On back at top left in pencil is [1972 - San Jose]; at center is [Stephen Shames / 2/10].
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Catalog reference: 2022.11.16
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