Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Color photograph of Danielle Spencer as Dee from "What's Happening!!"
1976
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 color photograph of Danielle Spencer as the character Dee in a scene from Season 1, Episode 6 of the sitcom "What's Happening!!" Spencer is on the left side of the image, wearing a blue and white floral print dress and standing next to a display of burgers. The burgers are on stands of varying heights in front of a backdrop with a view of the Golden Gate Bridge. Each stand reads [BRIDGE BURGER]. Spencer's hair is pulled back, her arms are down by her sides, and her head is tilted slightly to the proper right side. The print has no marks or inscriptions, front or back.
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Catalog reference: 2014.111.5.2
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