Photograph of the Hall Johnson Choir: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of the Hall Johnson Choir: Date: ca. 1935-1952. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Hall Johnson, American, 1888 - 1970.
The object in the museum catalogue
Black and white photograph of the Hall Johnson Choir on stage. The choir stands on a riser on the stage behind a piano and in front of a curtain with a display of American flags. All but one of the men are wearing tuxedos and the women are wearing matching dresses. One man in the choir, to the right of the photograph, wears a uniform. Choral director Hall Johnson stands to the left of the photograph on the side of the stage near the riser. Audience members are visible in the foreground. The back of the photograph has a stamp.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1935-1952
- Created by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Hall Johnson, American, 1888 - 1970
- Type: photographs
- Medium: silver gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm)
- Place printed: New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Conductors (Musicians)
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Topic: Spirituals (Music)
- Object number: TA2013.166.1.2
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Eugene Thamon Simpson, Representative, Hall Johnson Estate
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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