Bop City patrons, c. mid 1950s: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This black and white photograph depicts a group of two men and four women seated around a table posing for the camera. Behind them is a standing man playing the bass. In the background is a man seated at a drum set, and a man standing with his back to the viewer. On the back of the photograph is a green sticker with handwritten text that reads "#19."

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1955
• Photograph by: Steve Jackson Jr., 1923 - 1999
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
• Subject of: Jimbo's Bop City, American, 1950 - 1965
• Type: photographs
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (image): 7 1/8 × 9 3/8 in. (18.1 × 23.8 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (sheet): 7 7/8 × 9 15/16 in. (20 × 25.2 cm)
• Place depicted: Fillmore, San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Bebop (Music)
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Nightlife
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2016.117.19
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Mary E. Jackson, Posthumously and Linda A. Jackson
• 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 underlying object's rights statement is: © Linda A. Jackson Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.