The Past

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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 tintype by Rashod Taylor depicting a shirtless Black figure with curly hair in front of an American flag. The person is pictured in profile, with their bare back turned slightly towards the camera. The figure is mostly in shadow. The American flag hangs in the background with the canton of stars in the upper right corner and the stripes vertical. The verso has white tape around the outside edge. Along the bottom is a handwritten inscription in black marker reading [The Past 2020,] with the photographer's signature [Rashod Taylor]. Part of the inscription in between "The" and "Past" has been marked out with the correction initialed [RT].

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