Photograph of St. Augustine High School band leader Edwin Harrell Hampton: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of St. Augustine High School band leader Edwin Harrell Hampton: Date: 1952. Photograph by: Nolan A. Marshall Photography, American, founded 1948. Subject of: St. Augustine High School, founded 1951.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black and white photograph depicting band leader Edwin Harrell Hampton. He is dressed in a black tie and white uniform suit with decorative braid trimming and epaulettes. The jacket has gold braid around the cuffs and a stripe down the side of the pant leg. He wears a white peaked cap and carries a white director's baton. He gazes past the viewer. Behind him are two young men, wearing uniforms of dark trousers, light colored jackets and dark peaked cap and holding flags, one of which is an American flag. They have flag carriers over their slung around their necks. There is a large brick building in the background.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1952
- Photograph by: Nolan A. Marshall Photography, American, founded 1948
- Subject of: St. Augustine High School, founded 1951
- Subject of: Edwin Harrell Hampton, American, 1928-2009
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 8 1/16 × 10 in. (20.5 × 25.4 cm)
- Place captured: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: American South
- Topic: Band (Music)
- Topic: Communities
- Topic: Education
- Topic: Marching bands (Music)
- Object number: 2014.47.1
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of St. Augustine High School, New Orleans, LA
- 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: © Nolan A. Marshall Photography Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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