Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
School Days
1982; printed 2010
Downtown, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, 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.
This color photograph shows four men standing in front of a food establishment in the Downtown section of Brooklyn, New York, in 1982. The four men are dressed in a variety of styles including turtlenecks, jeans, a leather jacket, and sweater. Two of the men are wearing gold chains. There is a man inside a window of the food establishment standing behind a food prep station. A boombox is on the ground in front of them. The back of the photograph is inscribed with the title and photographer Jamel Shabazz’s signature.
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Catalog reference: 2014.84.15
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