Gelatin silver print of Paul Monday playing the piano: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Paul is wearing a light colored suit with buttons on the sleeves. He has curly dark hair. His hands are on the piano keys. The piano is black and reads [CARLETON] on the front. There is a silver microphone to the right side of his face. There is a mirror behind the piano. His back is facing the camera and is face can be seen in the mirror.

Below the image is typed black text on the right side, which reads [PAUL MONDAY, Pianist / PEACOCK RECORDING ARTIST] and the left side, which reads [MANAGEMENT / PEACOCK AGENCY / 4104 LYONS AVE. / HOUSTON, TEXAS]. There are many creases on the photograph. The back of the photograph has several small brown spots and there is text handwritten in graphite on the top left side.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1951-1958
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Paul Monday, American
• Subject of: Peacock Records, Inc., American, founded 1949
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: portraits
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 7 3/8 × 8 5/8 in. (18.7 × 21.9 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 6 3/4 × 8 5/8 in. (17.1 × 21.9 cm)
• Place depicted: Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Rhythm and blues (Music)
• Object number: 2015.97.38.13
• 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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