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  • Thomas Fletcher playing Charles

    Thomas Fletcher playing Charles "CJ" Griffin

    Photograph by
    Fleming, Peggy, American
    Printed by
    Steele, James, American
    Subject of
    Fletcher, Thomas, Cuban, born 1933
    Johnson, Charles, American
    Harmon, Ray, American, born 1949
    Weaver, Mike, Jamaican, born 1971
    Simuel, Tony, American, born 1950
    Griffin, Oliver, American, born 1934
    Capital Pool Checkers Club, American
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
    Type
    black-and-white photographs
    Place depicted
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    March 29, 2008; printed 2012
    Description
    Black-and-white photograph of four men seated at a table playing two games of checkers. Two men are standing behind them. Each of the standing men is watching a checker game. Thomas Fletcher and Charles "CJ" Griffin are playing checkers in the foreground. Ray Harmon, Mike Weaver, Tony Simuel, Oliver Griffin are also pictured. The print is inscribed on the back.
    Topic
    African American
    Local and regional
    Men
    Photography
    Recreation
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Peggy Fleming
    Object number
    2012.41.3
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Peggy Fleming
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    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
National Museum of African American History and Culture
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