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Photograph of Queen Latifah and MC Lyte on set- "Heal Yourself" video

1992

Harlem, 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.

A color photograph of Queen Latifah and MC Lyte. Queen Latifah is on the proper right side. She is wearing a dark grey hoodie, a necklace, and hoop earrings. She has short brown hair and red lipstick. MC Lyte is on the proper left side. She is wearing a yellow MTV shirt, a black hat, a necklace, hoop earrings, and sunglasses on the front of her shirt. There is a crowd of people in the background. They are out of focus. There is a white border around the image. It is thinner on the top and bottom and thicker on the two sides. There are some tears at the top from where tape used to be. The back of the photograph has light grey text repeated upside down in diagonal lines. There are yellow post-it notes on the top left side. There is an inscription by Bill Adler on the bottom, handwritten in blue ink.

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Catalog reference: 2015.132.108

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