- Photograph by
- Fleming, Peggy, American
- Printed by
- Steele, James, American
- Subject of
- Clark, Fletcher, American, born 1929
- Brothers, Gabe Curtis, American, born 1952
- Fletcher, Thomas, Cuban American, born 1933
- Johnson, Charles, American
- Owens, Freddie, American, born 1942
- Williams, John A. III, American, 1941 - 2010
- Curtis, John, American, born 1940
- Capital Pool Checkers Club, American
- Date
- June 20, 2009; printed 2012
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of a checkers game between Fletcher Clark, who is wearing the Obama baseball cap, and Gabe Curtis Brothers. Thomas Fletcher is on the far left, Charles Griffin is sitting below the wall of photographs, watching. Freddie Owens is also on the side, watching. John Williams is facing the camera, underneath the clock. John Curtis is on the far right, facing the camera. The print is inscribed on the back.
- Place depicted
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- black-and-white photographs
- Topic
- Communities
- Local and regional
- Men
- Photography
- Recreation
- Social life and customs
- Urban life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Peggy Fleming
- Object number
- 2012.41.42
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Peggy Fleming
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.