<I>Tee shirt & bottles on steps - Baltimore, Md. - 2004</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2004
name: label: Photograph by
content: Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021
notes: label: Description
content: This image depicts a street memorial of someone from the neighborhood who has passed away. At center of the image is a set of five steps covered with rows of liquor and beer bottles. The steps lead to a doorway boarded over with plywood, set in a stone building. A tee-shirt is fastened by the shoulders to the plywood board. Drawn on the tee-shirt is a simple tombstone with the letters "R.I.P." across the top with illegible words below. There is additional writing across the top of the tee-shirt. A dark bandana is tied by a corner to the bottom of the tee-shirt. There is also writing on the board, including the letters "FNB."
place: label: Place captured
content: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Urban life
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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 Robert and Greta Houston
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.116.4
objectType: label: Type
content: digital images
label: Type
content: digital media - born analog
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Robert Houston
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 4248 pixels × 2685 pixels, 21.76 MB