Chas Wilson - Gap Band - OK City, OK: Museum Object and Cultural History
Chas Wilson - Gap Band - OK City, OK: Date: 1974. Photograph by: Gaylord Oscar Herron, American. Subject of: Charlie Wilson, American.
The object in the museum catalogue
A sepia toned digital image of Charlie Wilson wearing white pants, coat and hat. He is standing in a crowd of people looking directly at the camera. Three young boys are on the left side of the photograph. People are sitting on the ground in the foreground. Written beneath the image is “8/7/28/74 – CHAS WILSON – GAP BAND – OK CITY, OK.”
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1974
- Photograph by: Gaylord Oscar Herron, American
- Subject of: Charlie Wilson, American
- Subject of: The Gap Band, American, 1967 - 2010
- Type: portraits
- Type: digital images
- Type: digital media - born analog
- Medium: digital
- Dimensions: H x W: 3659 pixels × 5159 pixels, 54.01 MB
- Place captured: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: American West
- Topic: Funk (Music)
- Topic: Photography
- Object number: 2012.67.50
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gaylord Oscar Herron
- 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: © Gaylord Oscar Herron Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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