Photograph of stuntman Len Glascow being dragged on the ground: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A color photograph of Len Glascow being dragged along the ground by a rope. He is lying on his back as he's being pulled by a rope secured around his shoulders. He wears a denim shirt, striped uniform pants, boots, and gloves. The ground is dusty and bare and the shadow of another person's head is just visible in the lower right corner.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1970
• Subject of: Rev. Lenton W. Glascow, American
• Subject of: Black Stuntmen's Association, founded 1967
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Type: chromogenic color prints
• Medium: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (19.1 x 24.1 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 8 x 10 1/8 in. (20.3 x 25.7 cm)
• Place captured: Burbank, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Hollywood (Film)
• Topic: Labor
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Professional organizations
• Object number: 2013.73.5
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lenton W. Glascow
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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