Photograph of Erskine Hawkins: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black and white photographic portrait of Erskine Hawkins in a striped suit. He is holding a trumpet in his right hand with his left hand resting on top of his right. He is sitting down smiling directly into the camera with his shadow casts in the background. In the bottom border of the photo, it says "Erskine Hawkins/ And His Orchestra" In the middle of the border, there is a small tear. To the right of the tear in the bottom left hand corner it reads "Bluebird/ Recording Artists". There are no inscriptions front or back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1938-1993
• Distributed by: Bluebird Records, American, founded 1932
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Erskine Hawkins, American, 1914 - 1993
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: portraits
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 8 13/16 × 7 in. (22.4 × 17.8 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 10 1/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.6 × 20.1 cm)
• Place captured: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Conductors (Musicians)
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Object number: 2013.118.200
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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