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Play: ""5 on the Black ...
1970-1976
Title
Play: ""5 on the Black Hand Side"" two men shaking hands
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Two men shaking hands on stage with cast of ""5 on the Black Hand Side"" in the background; one man possibly the playwright Charles L. Russell
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Theater]
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Saxophone player under ...
1970-1976
Title
Saxophone player under parachute canopy
Description
Male saxophone player, shot from below showing the parachute canopy over the stage in the Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street.
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Documentary photography, Music--Performance, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Stage photography, Saxophone]
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Saxophone player under ...
1970-1976
Title
Saxophone player under parachute canopy
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Male saxophone player, shot from below showing the parachute canopy over the stage in the Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street.
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Documentary photography, Music--Performance, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Stage photography, Saxophone]
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CAA academy orchestra o...
1970-1976
Title
CAA academy orchestra on a stage set.
Description
CAA orchestra performing on a stage set directed by Troy Robinson (back to audience); stage set is a living room; first row of audience; above and to the right of stage is visible; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), Bands (Music), Conductors (Music), Documentary photography, Music--Performance, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Stage photography]
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CAA academy orchestra o...
1970-1976
Title
CAA academy orchestra on a stage set.
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. CAA orchestra performing on a stage set directed by Troy Robinson (back to audience); stage set is a living room; first row of audience; above and to the right of stage is visible; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), Bands (Music), Conductors (Music), Documentary photography, Music--Performance, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Stage photography]
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Hearse leading motorcyc...
1970-1976
Title
Hearse leading motorcycle funeral procession
Description
Funeral procession for motorcyclist; hearse; two choppers; three police motorcycle escorts; VFW Post 5394 sign with a ""7-up, the uncola"" advertisement;
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Automobiles, Documentary photography, Funeral rites and ceremonies, Hearses (Vehicles), Motorcycles, Police, Streets]
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Hearse leading motorcyc...
1970-1976
Title
Hearse leading motorcycle funeral procession
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Funeral procession for motorcyclist; hearse; two choppers; three police motorcycle escorts; VFW Post 5394 sign with a ""7-up, the uncola"" advertisement;
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Automobiles, Documentary photography, Funeral rites and ceremonies, Hearses (Vehicles), Motorcycles, Police, Streets]
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Troy Robinson with saxo...
1970-1976
Title
Troy Robinson with saxophone player in foreground
Description
Orchestra leader Troy Robinson framed by a saxophone player in foreground; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), Conductors (Music), Documentary photography, Music--Performance, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Saxophone, Stage photography]
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Troy Robinson with saxo...
1970-1976
Title
Troy Robinson with saxophone player in foreground
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Orchestra leader Troy Robinson framed by a saxophone player in foreground; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), Conductors (Music), Documentary photography, Music--Performance, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Saxophone, Stage photography]
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Woman trombone player
1970-1976
Title
Woman trombone player
Description
Black woman playing the trombone in front of other musicians; black and white background; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Bands (Music), Brass instruments, Documentary photography, Music--Performance, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Stage photography, Women musicians, Black]
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Woman trombone player
1970-1976
Title
Woman trombone player
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Black woman playing the trombone in front of other musicians; black and white background; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Bands (Music), Brass instruments, Documentary photography, Music--Performance, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Stage photography, Women musicians, Black]
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Arena interior with tab...
1970-1976
Title
Arena interior with tables and decorations
Description
Interior of the Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street filled with tables being decorated and set up for a meeting; hanging stars from ceiling; two large murals in the background
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Documentary photography, Mural painting and decoration, American, Table setting and decoration]
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Arena interior with tab...
1970-1976
Title
Arena interior with tables and decorations
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Interior of the Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street filled with tables being decorated and set up for a meeting; hanging stars from ceiling; two large murals in the background
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Documentary photography, Mural painting and decoration, American, Table setting and decoration]
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Troy Robinson with shad...
1970-1976
Title
Troy Robinson with shadow
Description
Troy Robinson leaning forward with shadow in front of two murals; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), Conductors (Music), Documentary photography, Mural painting and decoration, American]
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Troy Robinson with shad...
1970-1976
Title
Troy Robinson with shadow
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Troy Robinson leaning forward with shadow in front of two murals; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), Conductors (Music), Documentary photography, Mural painting and decoration, American]
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Performance: three acto...
1970-1976
Title
Performance: three actors sitting in front of graffiti backdrop
Description
Three actors or dancers sitting on a stage against four spray painted graffiti panel backdrops; panels read ""god is the sun"" and ""fuck you""; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Graffiti, Stage photography, Theater]
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Performance: three acto...
1970-1976
Title
Performance: three actors sitting in front of graffiti backdrop
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Three actors or dancers sitting on a stage against four spray painted graffiti panel backdrops; panels read ""god is the sun"" and ""fuck you""; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Graffiti, Stage photography, Theater]
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Play performance with t...
1970-1976
Title
Play performance with two actors and audience member silhouettes in foreground
Description
Play performance, person opening the door to another person; table and chairs on the left side in front of small cupboard; backdrop shows walls with the door, a picture and a shade covered window; three audience members heads silhouetted in foreground; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Stage photography, Theater]
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Play performance with t...
1970-1976
Title
Play performance with two actors and audience member silhouettes in foreground
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Play performance, person opening the door to another person; table and chairs on the left side in front of small cupboard; backdrop shows walls with the door, a picture and a shade covered window; three audience members heads silhouetted in foreground; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Stage photography, Theater]
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Play performance: woman...
1970-1976
Title
Play performance: woman holding a man in a bed
Description
Play performance; distraught woman cradling a man wearing socks in foreground; small cupboard and table and chair in right background; refrigerator in left background; backdrop is an interior wall with pattern on the bottom, plain on top with one picture on it; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Stage photography, Theater]
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Play performance: woman...
1970-1976
Title
Play performance: woman holding a man in a bed
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Play performance; distraught woman cradling a man wearing socks in foreground; small cupboard and table and chair in right background; refrigerator in left background; backdrop is an interior wall with pattern on the bottom, plain on top with one picture on it; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Stage photography, Theater]
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Ten dancers rehearsing
1970-1976
Title
Ten dancers rehearsing
Description
Dance rehearsal with two male dancers each with a hand on the floor; eight others dancing standing up; Two female dancers wearing beret hats; wall in background decorated with black figures on a mostly white background; Happening House: 102 East Indigo Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Art and dance, Art centers, Dancers, Documentary photography]
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Ten dancers rehearsing
1970-1976
Title
Ten dancers rehearsing
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Dance rehearsal with two male dancers each with a hand on the floor; eight others dancing standing up; Two female dancers wearing beret hats; wall in background decorated with black figures on a mostly white background; Happening House: 102 East Indigo Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Art and dance, Art centers, Dancers, Documentary photography]
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Play performance: man a...
1970-1976
Title
Play performance: man and woman talking to each other
Description
Play performance with a man and woman talking to each other; man, in profile, is dressed in boxer shorts and socks with his hands on his chest; woman is wearing a dress and carrying a purse; a bed is in the left foreground; a chair is behind the man against the wall backdrop which has wallpaper on the bottom half, an opening covered by a split curtain with two pictures on either side of the opening; a coat rack is in the right back corner; a portrait above a chair is on the right side of the setting; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Stage photography, Theater]
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Play performance: man a...
1970-1976
Title
Play performance: man and woman talking to each other
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Play performance with a man and woman talking to each other; man, in profile, is dressed in boxer shorts and socks with his hands on his chest; woman is wearing a dress and carrying a purse; a bed is in the left foreground; a chair is behind the man against the wall backdrop which has wallpaper on the bottom half, an opening covered by a split curtain with two pictures on either side of the opening; a coat rack is in the right back corner; a portrait above a chair is on the right side of the setting; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Stage photography, Theater]
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Performance with a man ...
1970-1976
Title
Performance with a man standing center stage and a woman in the background
Description
Performance with a male actor(or dancer) dressed in black standing barefoot center stage with hands clasped in front; small box at his feet; a chair is on the right, partially hidden by a wood panel in front, also a wooden panel at an angle above the chair; woman in black shorts and top is barefoot standing against the backdrop which is two panels covered in graffiti, one reading ""fuck fuck fuck""; collapsed bed on the right side floor; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Graffiti, Stage photography, Theater]
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Performance with a man ...
1970-1976
Title
Performance with a man standing center stage and a woman in the background
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Performance with a male actor(or dancer) dressed in black standing barefoot center stage with hands clasped in front; small box at his feet; a chair is on the right, partially hidden by a wood panel in front, also a wooden panel at an angle above the chair; woman in black shorts and top is barefoot standing against the backdrop which is two panels covered in graffiti, one reading ""fuck fuck fuck""; collapsed bed on the right side floor; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Graffiti, Stage photography, Theater]
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Play performance: two a...
1970-1976
Title
Play performance: two actors or dancers sitting against graffiti backdrop
Description
Performance with two actors or dancers sitting against graffiti paneled backdrop with a sheet bunched over their laps; chair in left foreground; panels read ""God is the sun"",""raphael"", ""fuck you"", ""pee wee""; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Graffiti, Stage photography, Theater]
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Play performance: two a...
1970-1976
Title
Play performance: two actors or dancers sitting against graffiti backdrop
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Performance with two actors or dancers sitting against graffiti paneled backdrop with a sheet bunched over their laps; chair in left foreground; panels read ""God is the sun"",""raphael"", ""fuck you"", ""pee wee""; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Graffiti, Stage photography, Theater]
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Nine seated people watc...
1970-1976
Title
Nine seated people watching something
Description
A row of nine seated African American adults and teenagers, probably an audience facing left; artwork in the background
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Art, Audiences, Documentary photography]
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Nine seated people watc...
1970-1976
Title
Nine seated people watching something
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. A row of nine seated African American adults and teenagers, probably an audience facing left; artwork in the background
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Art, Audiences, Documentary photography]
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Musicians with bells an...
1970-1976
Title
Musicians with bells and strings
Description
Two musicians, one playing sleigh bells and one with a padded drumstick playing a boxed stringed instrument
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Documentary photography, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Percussion instruments]
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Musicians with bells an...
1970-1976
Title
Musicians with bells and strings
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Two musicians, one playing sleigh bells and one with a padded drumstick playing a boxed stringed instrument
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Documentary photography, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Percussion instruments]
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CAA orchestra on a stag...
1970-1976
Title
CAA orchestra on a stage with murals in the background
Description
CAA orchestra with Troy Robinson conducting showing the full stage with lighting and draped awning, shot from angled side view; large mural behind the orchestra and smaller mural to the left of the stage; partial view of piano or organ to the right of the stage.
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), Documentary photography, Mural painting and decoration, American, Public-access television, Stage photography, Art, Bands (Music), Black Arts movement, Conductors (Music), Concert television programs]
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CAA orchestra on a stag...
1970-1976
Title
CAA orchestra on a stage with murals in the background
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. CAA orchestra with Troy Robinson conducting showing the full stage with lighting and draped awning, shot from angled side view; large mural behind the orchestra and smaller mural to the left of the stage; partial view of piano or organ to the right of the stage.
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), Documentary photography, Mural painting and decoration, American, Public-access television, Stage photography, Art, Bands (Music), Black Arts movement, Conductors (Music), Concert television programs]
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Ruth Emerson standing n...
1970-1976
Title
Ruth Emerson standing next to Troy Robinson singing with CAA orchestra in background
Description
Ruth Emerson with an afro, wearing a dress, singing into a mic; she is standing facing the audience next to Troy Robinson who has his back to the audience conducting the CAA orchestra, which is partially shown in the background
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), African American women singers, Bands (Music), Conductors (Music), Documentary photography, Music--Performance, Singers, Stage photography, Women singers]
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Ruth Emerson standing n...
1970-1976
Title
Ruth Emerson standing next to Troy Robinson singing with CAA orchestra in background
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Ruth Emerson with an afro, wearing a dress, singing into a mic; she is standing facing the audience next to Troy Robinson who has his back to the audience conducting the CAA orchestra, which is partially shown in the background
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), African American women singers, Bands (Music), Conductors (Music), Documentary photography, Music--Performance, Singers, Stage photography, Women singers]
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CAA band conducted by T...
1970-1976
Title
CAA band conducted by Troy Robinson with a KCET television camera in the foreground
Description
Shot from next to KCET camera showing the back of Troy Robinson conducting the CAA band which is on a stage with a draped awning covering and a large mural behind the band; Arena
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), Documentary photography, Mural painting and decoration, American, Public-access television, Stage photography, Art, Bands (Music), Black Arts movement, Conductors (Music), Concert television programs]
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CAA band conducted by T...
1970-1976
Title
CAA band conducted by Troy Robinson with a KCET television camera in the foreground
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Shot from next to KCET camera showing the back of Troy Robinson conducting the CAA band which is on a stage with a draped awning covering and a large mural behind the band; Arena
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), Documentary photography, Mural painting and decoration, American, Public-access television, Stage photography, Art, Bands (Music), Black Arts movement, Conductors (Music), Concert television programs]
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Six dancers rehearsing
1970-1976
Title
Six dancers rehearsing
Description
Dance rehearsal with six women dancing standing up; Two female dancers wearing beret hats; one woman in a red dress sitting behind and to the left of the dancers; wall in background decorated with black figures on a mostly white background; Happening House: 102 East Indigo Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Art and dance, Art centers, Dancers, Documentary photography]
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Six dancers rehearsing
1970-1976
Title
Six dancers rehearsing
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Dance rehearsal with six women dancing standing up; Two female dancers wearing beret hats; one woman in a red dress sitting behind and to the left of the dancers; wall in background decorated with black figures on a mostly white background; Happening House: 102 East Indigo Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Art and dance, Art centers, Dancers, Documentary photography]
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Woman in white talking ...
1970-1976
Title
Woman in white talking to John Outterbridge and Troy Robinson
Description
Unknown woman (left) in a white dress with an afro and wearing necklaces talking to John Outterbridge (center) and Troy Robinson (right); Outterbridge wearing a brown leather jacket, Troy Robinson wearing a white shirt and white pants; group standing in front of a large mural, probably inside of the Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American artists, African American educators, Art, Artists, Arts administrators, Documentary photography, Educators, Mural painting and decoration, American, Outterbridge, John, 1933-2020]
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Woman in white talking ...
1970-1976
Title
Woman in white talking to John Outterbridge and Troy Robinson
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Unknown woman (left) in a white dress with an afro and wearing necklaces talking to John Outterbridge (center) and Troy Robinson (right); Outterbridge wearing a brown leather jacket, Troy Robinson wearing a white shirt and white pants; group standing in front of a large mural, probably inside of the Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American artists, African American educators, Art, Artists, Arts administrators, Documentary photography, Educators, Mural painting and decoration, American, Outterbridge, John, 1933-2020]
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Conga Player
1970-1976
Title
Conga Player
Description
Close up of African America male conga drum player with the hands of another musician in the background
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Documentary photography, Drum, Face, Music--Performance, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Stage photography]
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Conga Player
1970-1976
Title
Conga Player
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Close up of African America male conga drum player with the hands of another musician in the background
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Documentary photography, Drum, Face, Music--Performance, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Stage photography]
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Filming of interview wi...
1970-1976
Title
Filming of interview with John Outterbridge and Troy Robinson
Description
Filming of an interview by an unknown African American woman of John Outterbridge and Troy Robinson in front of a large wall with two murals; two portable lights; camera with cameraman mostly off camera to the left; unknown person in a dark long coat shot from the back looking at the interview; table and chairs in the right foreground; probably inside the Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American educators, Educators, Interviews, Mural painting and decoration, American, Outterbridge, John, 1933-2020, African American artists, Art, Artists, Arts administrators, Documentary photography]
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Filming of interview wi...
1970-1976
Title
Filming of interview with John Outterbridge and Troy Robinson
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Filming of an interview by an unknown African American woman of John Outterbridge and Troy Robinson in front of a large wall with two murals; two portable lights; camera with cameraman mostly off camera to the left; unknown person in a dark long coat shot from the back looking at the interview; table and chairs in the right foreground; probably inside the Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American educators, Educators, Interviews, Mural painting and decoration, American, Outterbridge, John, 1933-2020, African American artists, Art, Artists, Arts administrators, Documentary photography]
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Mourners arriving for t...
1970-1976
Title
Mourners arriving for the funeral
Description
Woman being led into the Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street for funeral while other mourners and police escorts look on
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Crowds, Documentary photography, Funeral rites and ceremonies, Police, Streets]
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Mourners arriving for t...
1970-1976
Title
Mourners arriving for the funeral
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Woman being led into the Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street for funeral while other mourners and police escorts look on
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Crowds, Documentary photography, Funeral rites and ceremonies, Police, Streets]
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Unloading a casket from...
1970-1976
Title
Unloading a casket from a hearse
Description
Flag draped casket being unloaded from a hearse for a funeral held at the Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street, surrounded by other mourners
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Crowds, Documentary photography, Funeral rites and ceremonies, Hearses (Vehicles), Police, Streets]
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