Gelatin silver print of four men singing into a microphone: Museum Object and Cultural History
Gelatin silver print of four men singing into a microphone: Date: mid 20th century. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.
The object in the museum catalogue
The men are standing in front of a floral patterned curtain. They are wearing white shirts, white suit jackets, black bowties, black pants, and black fezzes. Their arms are down at their sides and their mouths are open, mid-song. There is a silver microphone on the proper right side of the image, in between two of the men.
On the back of the photograph is an inscription in blue ink reading [Jstaubel].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: mid 20th century
- Photograph by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Type: portraits
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 8 13/16 × 6 3/16 in. (22.4 × 15.7 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2015.97.38.11
- 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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