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Portrait of Public Enemy

1987

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.

A black and white photograph of Public Enemy. The photograph features, from left to right, Terminator X, Flavor Flav, Chuck D, and Professor Griff. Flavor Flav and Chuck D both hold microphones near the foreground of the photograph. Terminator X stands behind turn tables in the background. Flavor Flav and Chuck D have microphones up near their faces. Professor Griff stands crossing his arms in the foreground. The back of the photograph has several Jack Mitchell stamps at center, caption information in the lower right, a photographer's note in the bottom and the number [4174] in the bottom left.

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Catalog reference: 2016.83.10

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