Photograph of MC Lyte in New York City

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A color photograph of MC Lyte. She is wearing a long sleeve white shirt with grey and black zippers, black and white vertical striped pants, long white socks, and black boots. She has a ring on both hands. She has dark shoulder length hair, red lipstick, her hands are on her hips, and her feet are spread apart. She is standing in a recording studio with wooden floors. There is a window behind her. There is a There is a tall microphone on wheels on the proper right side. There is a white border around the image. It is thinner on the two sides and thicker on the top and bottom. The back of the photograph has light grey text repeated upside down in diagonal lines. There are two yellow post-it notes near the top, one on either side. There are tears at the top from where tape used to be.

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