Studio family portrait National Museum of African American History and Culture

A color photograph of a couple and three children. The man and woman are sitting on the back of a bench with two little boys and a girl on the front of the bench. The man, left is wearing a light button-down shirt with short sleeves. The woman, right is wearing earrings and a blue and white patterned suit with a blue turtleneck shirt beneath. The little boy on the left is wearing a blue patterned sweater and blue pants. The little girl in the middle is wearing a red ribbon in her hair, and a red, white and blue striped shirt with blue pants. The little boy on the right is wearing a white and brown patterned sweater.

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