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Photograph of Selena Williams with her grandchildren

September 14, 2019

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 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 digital image of Selena Williams with her grandchildren, Bonnie Taylor-Williams, Brian Parker, and Herbert “Scotty” Taylor along with Bonnie’s husband, Paxton Williams. They are captured in the family business, Selena’s House of Beauty, a hair salon in Chicago, Illinois after an oral history interview. It is held as a TIFF file (.tif). From left to right, standing is Brian, Bonnie, and Paxton. In front of them, each in their own wheelchair, is Scotty on the left and Selena on the right. The three people standing are wearing black clothes, with Paxton wearing a hat. Bonnie leans down with her arms around her grandmother, Selena. Scotty also wears a black Black Panther shirt with a hat. Selena wears a yellow shirt under a dark, denim jacket that has rhinestones in the area below the collar.

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Catalog reference: 2023.4.4

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