Photograph of Charles Linton: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Charles Linton. Linton is featured center, in three quarters profile, in bust pose. He wears a black tuxedo jacket, white shirt, and white bow tie. On the right side of the image is a vertical, dark swath in the background. The image is bordered with white and along bottom is black text on the left and right sides. The text in the lower left corner reads, [CHARLES LINTON / Vocalist with / CHICK WEBB and His N B C Orchestra]. The text in the lower right corner reads, [Tour Direction / WARREN P. MILLER / Suite 802 R.K.O.Building / Radio City, N.Y.]. There are also several inscriptions in pencil on the back of the photograph.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1937
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Distributed by: Warren P. Miller
• Subject of: Charles Linton, American
• Subject of: Chick Webb, American, 1905 - 1939
• Subject of: Chick Webb and his N.B.C. Orchestra, American
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: portraits
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 1/16 × 7 1/2 in. (23 × 19 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 10 1/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.6 × 20.2 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2013.46.25.50
• 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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