Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Onlookers, Gaston Motel
1962
1510 5th Ave N, Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham, West Midlands County, Alabama, 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 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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