Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Springboard to a Dream
1978
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 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 photographic print of two children doing back flips outside. Two boys are suspended upside down in the air as they flip backward in front of a pile of mattress springs. They are both wearing long-sleeve shirts, pants and sneakers. The boy on the left is wearing pants, a long-sleeve shirt and a hat. The boy on the right is wearing dark pants, a long-sleeve collared shirt and sneakers. The brick wall of a building is behind them is in the background. The back of the photograph is stamped with [(c) PHOTOGRAPH BY / JOHN H. WHITE].
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Catalog reference: 2016.118.11
