Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photographic print of Queen Latifah on the set of the "Fly Girl" video
June 23, 1991
New York City, New York, 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 photograph of Queen Latifah. She is facing the proper left side of the image and singing into a microphone on a stand held by her proper left hand. She is wearing a light-colored shirt, a patterned, multi-colored woven jacket, and a tall, cylindrical hat in a matching fabric. She is wearing a ring on her proper left hand and she has large drop earrings in a starburst design. The background is out of focus, but a plane of grey is visible against a white wall. The print has a white border around the image. On the back of the print are inscriptions handwritten by Bill Adler in two different inks identifying the subject, photographer, location and date. There is also an inscription in the center, handwritten in graphite.
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Catalog reference: 2015.132.302
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