Photograph of Al Barry holding a backstage pass: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of Al Barry holding a backstage pass: Date: ca.1995. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Al Barry, American.
The object in the museum catalogue
A photograph of Al Barry holding a backstage pass. Barry is standing at the center of the photo, he is wearing glasses, a brown short sleeve shirt, and white pants with a belt. Barry is holding a paper in his proper right hand that reads [BACK / STAGE / PASS]. A newspaper is open on a table in front of Barry, and two men are standing in the background. The back of the photograph is printed with the text [FUJICOLOR / paper] and Japanese characters in diagonal lines.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca.1995
- Photograph by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Al Barry, American
- Subject of: Hot 97, American, founded 1948
- Type: chromogenic color prints
- Medium: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: L x W: 6 × 4 in. (15.2 × 10.2 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: Radio
- Object number: 2020.30.3.17
- 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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