Local San Francisco boy band, names unknown, c. 1970s: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This black and white photograph depicts four young men standing in a staggered line. They wear light colored collared shirts under black vests and matching black pants. Both the vests and the pants have large floral pattern; on the pants the pattern is confined to the left pant leg. All four men stand with their arms crossed, facing the viewer. On the back of the photograph is a green sticker with handwritten text that reads "#33."

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1970
• Photograph by: Steve Jackson Jr., 1923 - 1999
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (image): 9 7/16 × 7 3/8 in. (24 × 18.8 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (sheet): 10 × 7 15/16 in. (25.4 × 20.1 cm)
• Place depicted: San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Entertainers
• Topic: Nightlife
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2016.117.33
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Mary E. Jackson, Posthumously and Linda A. Jackson
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

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: © Linda A. Jackson Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.