Photograph of Sammy Davis Jr.: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of Sammy Davis Jr.: Date: ca. 1960. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Sammy Davis Jr., American, 1925 - 1990.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black and white photographic portrait of Sammy Davis Jr. He is sitting with his body angled to his left. He is wearing glasses and a white collared shirt with a dark cardigan over it. On the left side of the photo is an autograph in blue ink that reads "To Pete/ all the best, / Sammy Davis Jr." On the right side of the photo appears to be smoke. In the bottom right hand corner of the photo, barely visible, is the top of a glass.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1960
- Photograph by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Sammy Davis Jr., American, 1925 - 1990
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Type: portraits
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
- Place captured: United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Actors
- Topic: Comedy
- Topic: Entertainers
- Topic: Film
- Topic: Music
- Object number: 2013.118.192.2
- 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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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The displayed image also has an explicit CC0 designation. The underlying object's rights statement is: Public domain Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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