<I>A Time Before Crack</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1983; printed 2010
name: label: Photograph by
content: Jamel Shabazz, American, born 1960
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Printed by
content: Sunshine Color Lab, American
notes: label: Description
content: This color photograph shows two men and a woman in the Downtown section of Brooklyn, New York, in 1983. The man in the middle sits upon a Yamaha motorcycle with a Boombox on his lap. The woman on the right leans against the man. All three wear 1980s fashion. The recto of the photograph is inscribed with the title and photographer Jamel Shabazz’s signature.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Downtown, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Urban life
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: "Back in the Days"
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jamel Shabazz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.84.11
objectType: label: Type
content: chromogenic color prints
label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: digital prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Jamel Shabazz
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 13 11/16 × 9 9/16 in. (34.8 × 24.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)