Gelatin silver print of Fats Navarro and friend: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Fats Navarro is on the proper left side. He has a mustache and is wearing a coat open over a lighter colored suit jacket, a white button down shirt, and a tie. He is holding a trumpet in a soft case in his proper left arm. He is looking at his friend to the proper right side. The unidentified man has his eyes closed and has a mustache and soul patch. He is wearing a dark coat over a plaid button down shirt. They are standing in front of a brick building. Only an "S" can be seen on the sign overhead.

On the back of the photo, in pencil, is the handwritten inscription ["FATS" NAVARRO - W/ TRUMPET / b. 1923 - d. 1950].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1940-1950
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Theodore "Fats" Navarro Jr., American, 1923 - 1950
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: portraits
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 4 7/8 × 3 1/2 in. (12.4 × 8.9 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 4 1/16 × 3 in. (10.3 × 7.6 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Bebop (Music)
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2015.97.38.1
• 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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