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Fly Girl

1980; printed 2010

Downtown, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, 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.

This color photograph shows a young woman wearing large Cazal glasses in the Downtown section of Brooklyn, New York in 1980. She is posed in front of a staircase and is wearing a suit jacket. The back of the photograph is inscribed with the title and photographer Jamel Shabazz’s signature.

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Catalog reference: 2014.84.3

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