Back in the Days

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This is a color archival pigment print from the negative. The photograph depicts a full-length image of two youths as they pose on a busy sidewalk in Times Square, each in a b-boy stance with arms crossed and one foot slightly forward. The youth on the left is dressed in a white tank top, black pants, and teal low-top sneakers with dark blue fat laces. shoes. He is accessorized with three necklaces, a bracelet, and a black belt with a gold-colored [$] belt buckle. The youth on the right is dressed in a red, ¾ sleeve shirt, blue jeans, and white Adidas with wide, red laces. He is wearing a belt with a Puerto Rican flag on his proper left side, and a cloth hanging out of his backside pocket. Both of them are wearing low-top sneakers and caps in the style of a Kangol Ventair.

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