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Photograph of W.H. "Chief" Aiken and unidentified man

ca. 1952

Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, 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 W.H. "Chief" Aiken. The photograph is of two men, standing on steps outside a building. The man on the far left of the photograph is Aiken. He is wearing a dark toned, pinstriped, double breasted suit and tie with a white shirt and handkerchief. To his right is another man wearing a dark toned, pinstriped, double breasted, three piece suit, a dark patterned tie and a white shirt. The men are walking down a set of tiled stairs. Behind them is a set of double wooden doors with metal handles. A stamp in black ink on the back, right side identifies the photographer. A handwritten note in blue ink on the back identifies the subject and date.

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Catalog reference: 2014.94.40

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