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Selena Photos Acquisition Commemorates Singer's 50th Birthday


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Selena Photos Acquisition Commemorates Singer’s 50th Birthday
April 16, 2021 GMT
Selena Photos Acquisition Commemorates Singer’s 50th Birthday
WASHINGTON, April 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has acquired 18 images of the iconic Tejana singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez (1971–1995) to add to its collection of photographs taken by San Antonio, Texas-based photographer Al Rendon. It will also release an educational video April 16 highlighting objects about, and images of, Selena in the Smithsonian’s collections to share her story on what would have been her 50th birthday. One of Selena’s performance costumes was gifted to the museum by her family in 1998. ....

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