Photograph of a trumpet player and a trombone player: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of a trumpet player and a trombone player: Date: early to mid 20th century. Photograph by: Swisher, American. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black and white photograph of two young men with instruments.
The two men are both wearing marching band style jackets. The jackets are dark colored with decorative braidwork around the buttons on the front and at the cuffs. They are also wearing matching caps with buttons and braid detailing and black shoes with white spats. The man to the left of the image is turned to face the other man. He wears white gloves and holds a small trumpet. The man to the right of the image is turned towards the other man and is playing a trombone. The trombone is held up to his mouth, his cheeks are puffed out, and he is pulling the trombone out with his proper right arm. At the bottom right corner is an imprinted photographer's mark reading [Swisher / 220 / S STATE ST / CHICAGO]. At the top left corner is a handwritten inscription reading [Green + Plur]. There are no inscriptions on the back.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: early to mid 20th century
- Photograph by: Swisher, American
- Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
- Type: photographs
- Type: portraits
- Medium: unidentified
- Dimensions: H x W: 9 5/8 × 7 9/16 in. (24.4 × 19.2 cm)
- Place captured: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Entertainers
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Marching bands (Music)
- Topic: Photography
- Object number: 2015.97.38.17
- 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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