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White patrons party at Jimbo' s Bop City

ca. 1955

Fillmore, San Francisco, California, 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.

This black and white photograph depicts a group of people consisting of three men and two women seated around a table. Two of the seated men wear dark suits. One seated man wears a light colored suit with a bow tie. Standing behind the group is another man in a light colored suit gesturing with his right arm. There is a sign on the table that reads "JIMBO/ [illegible] City." On the back of the photograph is a green sticker with handwritten text that reads "#21."

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Catalog reference: 2016.117.21

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