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Photograph of Chubb Rock, Chelsea Hotel, NYC, 1998

1998

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 Chubb Rock. He is wearing a coat with a white fur hood and has a goatee. He is standing behind a black metal railing on a balcony. He is reaching his arms out. The photograph was taken from below, looking up at Chubb Rock. There are several balconies above him. There is a white border around the image. It is thinner on the two sides and thicker on the top and bottom. There is a small, yellowing tear at the top from where a piece of tape used to be. The back of the photograph has light grey text repeated upside down in diagonal lines. There is a tear at the top from where a piece of tape used to be. There are three yellow post-it notes at the top, one on the left side and two on the right sides.

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Catalog reference: 2015.132.76

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