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Photograph by:
Dr. Doris Derby, American, 1939 - 2022  Search this
Subject of:
Fay D. Bellamy Powell, American, 1938 - 2013  Search this
Liberty House, American, 1965 - 1974  Search this
Poor People's Corporation, American, 1965 - 1974  Search this
Medium:
digital
Dimensions:
H x W: 4608 pixels × 6912 pixels, 11.26 MB
Type:
portraits
digital images
digital media - born analog
Place captured:
Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1970
Description:
A black-and-white image of Liberty House Rep. Fay Bellamy Powell at a Los Angeles Trade Show. The image is in landscape orientation and depicts a woman wearing a tan suit (jacket and bell bottom pants) standing in the aisle of a booth. A sign in background of booth to the left is white with black and white type, reading [spenco / MEDICAL CORP. / "INNOVATIONS IN / SPORTS & MEDICINE]. The tables are covered with black cloth, and there are various types of textiles laid out on them, a hanging art piece with a sun and crab on the front of the left table, hanging on the side. There is also various shirts and bags hanging on the backdrop for the booth, a chair in the middle of the aisle, and two signs on white paper in the background to the right of the booth, top one is typed and [LIBERTY HOUSE] is legible, and the bottom one appears handwritten. There are two more folding chairs underneath the handwritten sign.
Topic:
African American  Search this
American South  Search this
Business  Search this
Civil Rights  Search this
Labor  Search this
Poverty  Search this
Resistance  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
2014.23.12.6
Restrictions & Rights:
© Doris A. Derby
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Media Arts-Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d09d6ce0-d7c8-42fc-8208-d1ab6dd53876
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.23.12.6