Photograph of Felton Williams Jr.'s handbuilt studio mixing board: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of Felton Williams Jr.'s handbuilt studio mixing board: Date: Dec 8, 1969. Photograph by: Felton W. Williams Jr., American, 1934 - 2012. Type: dye diffusion transfer prints.

The object in the museum catalogue
A color photograph print of Felton W. Williams Jr.'s hand-built mixing board in his home recording studio. The image depicts a wooden structure built around several pieces of recording equipment sitting on top of a grey laminate table. Handwritten in the bottom margin in blue and black ink is [DEC 8, 1969].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: Dec 8, 1969
- Photograph by: Felton W. Williams Jr., American, 1934 - 2012
- Type: dye diffusion transfer prints
- Medium: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 3 3/8 × 4 1/4 in. (8.5 × 10.8 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Gospel (Music)
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Musicians
- Topic: Pentecostal
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Technology
- Object number: 2011.64.3
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture; Gift of Felton W. Williams, Jr.
- 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: Public domain Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.


