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Museum object · Photographs and Still Images

Bob Johnson, President and founder Black Entertainment Television, in his Georgetown office in the early days of B.E.T evolution

June 5, 1981

Washington, District of Columbia, 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 black-and-white photograph of Robert L. Johnson sitting behind a desk. He is adjusting a television knob with his right hand. He is looking directly at the camera. The photograph is stamped and inscribed on the back.

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Catalog reference: 2011.15.326

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