Photograph of Jimmie Lunceford: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Jimmie Lunceford. He is seen from the torso up looking to the left of the camera. He wears a white jacket, white shirt, and dark tie. He is smiling as he leans toward the left with his proper right arm resting behind him. 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, [JIMMIE LUNCEFORD]. The text in the lower right corner reads, [PERSONAL DIRECTION / Harold Oxley / LUNCEFORD ARTISTS Inc. / 17 East 49th. Street New York City]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the photograph.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1936
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Distributed by: Lunceford Artists, Inc., American
• Subject of: Jimmie Lunceford, American, 1902 - 1947
• Subject of: Harold Oxley
• 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 1/8 × 8 in. (25.7 × 20.3 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2013.46.25.49
• 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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