Peter, Paul, and Mary Singing with Harry Belafonte, Oscar Brand, and Joan Baez: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black-and-white digital image of Mary Travers, Harry Belafonte, Leon Bibb, Joan Baez, and Oscar Brand singing into microphones. Travers' face is covered by the microphone. Baez is playing a guitar. Brand stands on the end with his sleeves rolled up. An American flag is flying in the background.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1965
• Photograph by: James H. Karales, American, 1930 - 2002
• Created by: Rick Rhodes Photography & Imaging, LLC, American
• Subject of: Harry Belafonte Jr., American, 1927 - 2023
• Subject of: Joan Baez, American, born 1941
• Subject of: Mary Travers, American, 1936 - 2009
• Subject of: Oscar Brand, American, 1920 - 2016
• Subject of: Leon Bibb, American, born 1922
• Type: portraits
• Type: digital images
• Type: digital media - born analog
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: H x W: 3888 pixels × 5838 pixels
• Dimensions: File size: 21.69 MB
• Place captured: Montgomery, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Folk (Music)
• Topic: Freedom
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2015.129.92
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Monica Karales and the Estate of James Karales
• 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: © Estate of James Karales Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.