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Onlookers, Gaston Motel

1962

1510 5th Ave N, Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham, West Midlands County, Alabama, 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 digital image of a crowd of men and women standing outdoors looking upward. The crowd is standing in front of a brick building, the Gaston Motel, that has a large opening and sign overhead stating [DO NOT ENTER]. The crowd is featured only from their torsos and above. In the center of the image, a woman stands in a dark dress with a large corsage on her chest.

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Catalog reference: 2015.129.17

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