Photograph of Aaliyah and an unidentified woman: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of Aaliyah and an unidentified woman: Date: ca. 1995. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Aaliyah, American, 1979 - 2001.
The object in the museum catalogue
A photograph of Aaliyah and an unidentified woman. Aaliyah is on the right of the photo. She is wearing a red and white jersey and has her proper left arm raised with her hand in a peace sign. The unidentified woman on the left is wearing a navy shirt with a pair of denim overalls. The back of the photograph is printed with the text [Long Life 100] and [Konica] in diagonal lines.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1995
- Photograph by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Aaliyah, American, 1979 - 2001
- Subject of: Hot 97, American, founded 1948
- Type: chromogenic color prints
- Medium: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: L x W: 4 × 6 in. (10.2 × 15.2 cm)
- Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Journalism
- Topic: Music
- Topic: Musicians
- Topic: Radio
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2020.30.3.3
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lisa G.
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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