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40 Items in this Learning Collection
Hawaiian Barber
An older man sits in a barbershop, feet up next to a pillow covered with a large diamond pattern. An electric fan is mounted behind him, seen directly above his head.
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Untitled, Vicksburg, MS

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Son hanging on to his father's neck, both smiling
A black and white photograph of a man holding a young boy in his lap, the boy looking forward. The boy's arms reach up and around the man's neck, and the man looks out and to his left.
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McClymonds High School Band Members Pose
Black and white image of students wearing uniforms wth drums attached by straps. A single lamp post is in the background. 
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Art Class, from "Classmates of Class of 1960"
A man and woman working on a sculpture project that is seated on a lazy susan. The man is holding a small metal tool and the woman is looking over his shoulder.
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Music on the Streets of Detroit, from "Detroit Focus 2000"

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San Joaquin Valley, California, USA, 1975
A black-and-white image of a man and woman sitting on a strip of grass which separates the dirt road on the right from the water on the left. A fishing pole extends up and to the left. The man looks upward and the woman stares off to her left.
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Lake in Catskill Mountains
Group of women and children playing in the shallows.
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Protest Marching in an Intersection
Black and white image of people holding signs while walking across an intersection. 
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Peace March
People in a crowd protesting, they are holding American flags.
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Playground Scene, Irwinville School, Georgia, May
Girls hanging from a horizontal pole. One girl is doing a handstand on the ground and the girl hanging from the pole is holding her feet.
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West Boston, MA, March 29th 1997, Armstrong's House (David's Visit)
A photograph of a group of people sitting around a dinner table, engaged in conversation. The food is placed on the center of the table. The sitters eat and drink wine.
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Untitled
A man holding a violin sits on the porch of a wooden structure. A dog stands to the right of the man. 
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From Dayton to Columbus, Ohio
A photograph of two motorcycles driving on a highway. A woman rides the first motorcycle, which is cropped at the right-side of the frame, while a man and woman ride behind in the mid-ground.
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A street in Albany
A black and white photograh of an old car, head on, with six men of varied age positioned on and around it. Houses and trees are along the street in the background. An elbow juts out of the left side of the frame.
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Untitled
A man tossing a child in the air. They are on a grassy field with water in the background with a dock and other people.
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Emerging Man, Harlem, New York
A man in low light peering over a raised surface with only his upper face and hand visible. 
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Singing group
Interior view of a group of women holding sheet music and a single woman sitting at a piano. A hutch is on the left side of the photograph.
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Barbara Slider and Leo Reed (Soon to be Married)
Black and white image of a man and woman sitting on a couch. The woman is leaning against the man and has one of her legs draped over one of his legs. He holds her hand. 
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Fourth of July Parade, Livingston County, Michigan
A man lying on the ground, a woman seated behind him with a child on her lap. They are surrounded by grass and a bush.
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Picnicking on the Beach, Sarasota, Florida

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State Fair
Two girls seated on a bench, one without shoes. A carnival food truck is behind them advertising popcorn.
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Bus Riders, Columbia, SC
Three people on a bus, all African-American, two women and one man. The two women are talking and one is holding a mannequin head in her lap.
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Corky and Funny Sonny, Chicago
A photograph of two men kissing. The man on the right wraps his arms around the other. Each have tattoos on their arms and wear cut-off vests.
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Porch Steps
A photograph of four children in front of a house entrance. Two girls hold onto the railing and recline on either side. An infant sits on the bottom step, while another young boy stands on the first step, holding a frog in front of his face.
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Ruth Esther’s Wedding – Wedding Preparations
Black and white image of two woman in a bedroom with one woman sitting on a bed while having her hair fixed by the other woman. A dress hangs in the window. 
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Hartland: Change in the Heart of America
Two men and a dog. The dog has a paw on the one man's leg while he is petting it. The other man is standing with his elbow leaning on a mailbox.
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Drum Major Practice
A black and white image of a man in a uniform marching across a lawn followed by six young children in a line.
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Legless Man at Times Square
A legless man seated on a dolly on the sidewalk. Two women and a boy are walking by, not noticing him all wearing white.
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"We Won"
A black and white image of men in football uniforms carrying a man in a trench coat on their shoulders.
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Hippie Couple - Corning, from "Portfolio of 15 Photographs"

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Pasadena Rose Parade
A black and white image of the reverse of an American flag, curled and appearing textured and solid. To the left bottom, a woman with a crown and a white jacket looks towards the viewer.
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Untitled
Three young women with short dark hair sitting in a field. The women on the right and in the middle hold fans in front of them. The woman on the left looks up towards the left side of the image and has her mouth slightly open as though speaking.
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Untitled
A man and woman wearing swimsuits, standing with their arms around each other on the beach. The man wears dark shorts and the woman wears a light one-piece suit. A wave crashes in the background.
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Estonian Refugees
A black and white image of three children and four adults with suitcases greeting two other adults with a white fence in the foreground.
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Fireflies
This photograph depicts a view of the silhouetted forms of two boys holding a large glass jar and standing in a body of fresh water surrounded by trees.
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Family, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Black and white image of a group of peple outdoors. Two men are taking photographs of four women and two babies while two other men watch the rest of the group.
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Untitled
<span style="font-size:12pt"><span calibri="" style="font-family:">A woman waving towards the camera as she steps up into a train car. She is wearing a jacket, skirt, and heels and carries a handbag in the crook of her left arm.</span></span><br /> &nbsp;
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After Manet
This image is a circular format black and white photograph depicting four young African American girls wearing floral dresses lounging on a blanket in the grass. Three girls sit or prop themselves up and look at the camera, the fourth girl lays down, with her eyes closed. The glass in the frame has a domed surface, creating a fish-eye effect.
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Canaan Baptist Church Lady

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Porch Steps

Accession Number
2013/2.101

Title
Porch Steps

Artist(s)
Julie Blackmon

Object Creation Date
2003

Medium & Support
gelatin silver print on paper

Dimensions
8 in x 10 in (20.32 cm x 25.4 cm)

Credit Line
Gift from the Collection of David S. Rosen MD, MPH

Subject matter
Julie Blackmon's work addresses family life in contemporary culture. She creates fictional and autobiographical images that explore everyday life. By employing tableau and staged scenes of her own family, she blurs the lines between imagination and reality, often adding fantastical elements to everyday scenes. 

Physical Description
A photograph of four children in front of a house entrance. Two girls hold onto the railing and recline on either side. An infant sits on the bottom step, while another young boy stands on the first step, holding a frog in front of his face.

Primary Object Classification
Photograph

Collection Area
Photography

Rights
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Keywords
boys
children (people by age group)
frogs (animals)
girls
houses
infants
steps (stair units)

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