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Digital image of an unidentified man holding a baby to his chest

July 3, 2016

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 color digital photograph of a man holding a baby close to his chest in a crowded street fair. Captured from the side, the man is wearing a white shirt with the sleeves and side seam decorated with the American flag. His script tattoo on his proper right arm says, “Hold My Own.” The baby is wearing red and blue clothing. The street fair is near an underpass, a visible bridge is in the far background.

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Catalog reference: 2024.86.9

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