Houston Porch

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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.

A color digital photograph capturing Francile Lovings sitting on the porch of her light blue house due to the odor of mold and mildew in her house after tropical storm Harvey. Lovings is wearing a short-sleeve, white-and-blue striped shirt. To her proper right is a plastic tan chair with a hat resting on it. To the proper left is the front door to the house, slightly opened and with paint chipped. The house number is to the proper left of the door entrance, “5801.” A metal porch post decorated with flourishes is at the center of the photograph, with a mini American flag at the top.

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