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Vel Phillips with People and Watermelons
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Vel Phillips, standing on right, is in a brown and blue patterned buba (a Yoruba blouse) and holding a bouquet of flowers. Next to her (second from right) is an unidentified man in blue work clothes and a hat. A young girl stands in the center wearing a red and white dress. An unidentified woman (second from left) is wearing a blue and red striped long sleeve shirt with a blue vest. An unidentified man (left) is in a white suit and is holding a plaque. There is another child in the bottom left corner facing the group. In the background is a stack of watermelons in an enclosure.
June 1972
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W014E6B
WHi 118330
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