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Ford automobile dealer, Mr. Ollison with satisfied customer, date unknown

1950-1999

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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 three people, a man and two women, standing outside an automobile. The car is a light colored sedan with two other women visible inside. The man standing by the driver's side door wears a dark suit and tie over a light colored shirt. He stands sideways to the viewer and gestures tot the car with his left hand. Next to him is a woman in a light colored dress. Standing on the other side of the car by the open passenger door is a woman in a black coat and white gloves. In the background is a busy street and sidewalk. On the back of the photograph is a green sticker with handwritten text that reads "#41."

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Catalog reference: 2016.117.41

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