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An elderly couple departs Sunday morning services at Metropolitan AME Church, Washington, D.C., 1997

1997; printed 2012

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 an elderly man and woman standing outside a church. The man is on the left side of the photograph and is dressed in a suit. He is wearing a hat and glasses and is holding onto a cane with his right hand. The woman is wearing glasses a white and dark colored top with a black skirt. She is holding a dark colored hat and a purse with her left hand. They both are smiling. No inscriptions on the front or back.

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Catalog reference: 2012.141.38

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