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POCC Ball, Manhattan, NY, 2007

2007

Manhattan, 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 photographic print of a line of competitors for the "Best Dressed Spectator" category of the 2007 POCC (People of Color in Crisis) Ball in 2007. All the participants are dressed in colorful suits and fedora hats. The man in the forefront of the frame wears a retro patterned suit in shades of brown, beige, and white with cream colored cravat and matching pocket square. He has a gold stem and leave pendant at his collar, a beige fedora hat, and gold sunglasses. A line of other men stands behind him wearing peach-colored suits, green, orange and pink plaid suits and the last man in line in the photograph wears a white suit with spiral designs and he holds a sign with the number 10 on it. A table with trophies is visible behind the row of men. There are no inscriptions, front or back.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2019.71.19

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