Joseph and Charles, Walking the Labels Category, POCC Ball, Webster Hall, Manhattan, NY, 2007: Museum Object and Cultural History
Joseph and Charles, Walking the Labels Category, POCC Ball, Webster Hall, Manhattan, NY, 2007: Date: August 2007. Photograph by: Gerard H. Gaskin, Trinidadian American, born 1965. Subject of: People of Color in Crisis, American, 1989 - 2008
The object in the museum catalogue
A color digital image of Joseph and Charles, captured while participating in the Walking the Labels Category at the People of Color in Crisis (POCC) Ball in 2007. The two men are pictured in the center of the image wearing colorful suits and hats. The man to the left is dressed in a powder pink suit with a black shirt and a patterned pink bow tie. He also has a powder pink fedora style hat with a purple feather tucked into the brim. He holds an open umbrella that has a floral bright pink, purple, blue, and orange print. Another man stands in front, to the left, on the right side of the photograph. He wears a suit with a printed leaf and vine pattern in black, white, yellow, and various shades of green. He has on a white shirt with a dark green tie. Sunglasses cover his eyes and he is wearing a beige brimmed hat. He holds a red flower with a long stem to his nose. A large crowd is visible in the darkened room surrounding the men.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: August 2007
- Photograph by: Gerard H. Gaskin, Trinidadian American, born 1965
- Subject of: People of Color in Crisis, American, 1989 - 2008
- Type: digital images
- Type: digital media - born digital
- Medium: digital
- Dimensions: H x W: 2912 pixels × 4368 pixels
- Dimensions: 242.65 MB
- Place captured: Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Communities
- Topic: Dance
- Topic: Fashion
- Topic: Gender
- Topic: Health
- Topic: Identity
- Topic: LGBTQ
- Object number: 2019.44.6
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gerard H. Gaskin
- 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: © Gerard H. Gaskin Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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