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A Boy in Front of the Loews 125th Street Movie Theater

Object Details

Description
This image depicts a young boy, Damon Mitchell, standing on sidewalk in front a movie ticket box office. He leans with his left arm against a wooden barricade. Wearing sunglasses, a track suit and white sneakers, he holds a small drink carton in his left hand. Behind him is an octagonal ticket booth, decorated on the bottom with a geometric mosaic pattern and solid glass on the top. A person is visible in the booth. Beyond the ticket booth is a dark corridor with lighted movie displays.
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Photograph by
Dawoud Bey, American, born 1953
Printed by
Black Point Editions, American, founded 2004
Subject of
Damon Mitchell, American, died 1990s
Date
1976; printed 2005
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Medium
gelatin and carbon black on rag paper
Dimensions
H x W (Image): 9 1/2 × 6 3/8 in. (24.1 × 16.2 cm)
H x W (Sheet): 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Type
carbon prints
portraits

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