Photograph of Run, DMC, and Jam Master Jay: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of Run, DMC, and Jam Master Jay: Date: 1986. Photograph by: James Hamilton, American, born 1946. Subject of: Run-D.M.C., American, 1981 - 2002.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black-and-white photograph of Jam Master Jay, DMC, and Run, pictured from left to right. DMC is pictured in the middle, wearing an Adidas track suit jacket, a Kangol bucket hat, and glasses. He looks straight at the camera. Jay and Run are pictured in profile on either side of him, both wearing fedoras. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1986
- Photograph by: James Hamilton, American, born 1946
- Subject of: Run-D.M.C., American, 1981 - 2002
- Subject of: Jam Master Jay, American, 1965 - 2002
- Subject of: Darryl Matthews McDaniels, American, born 1964
- Subject of: Rev. Run, American, born 1964
- Subject of: Kangol, British, founded 1938
- Subject of: Adidas AG, German, founded 1948
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 10 15/16 × 14 in. (27.8 × 35.6 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 8 11/16 × 12 15/16 in. (22.1 × 32.9 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Fashion
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Musicians
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2015.132.223
- 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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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: © James Hamilton Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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