Photographic print of Ira Tucker and family: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A color photograph of of Ira tucker Sr., Ira Tucker Jr., Sundray Tucker, Louise Tucker, and Lynda Laurence. They are all wearing formal wear and are standing in front of a gold background. Ira Tucker is wearing a tuxedo and glasses, Louise Tucker is wearing a silver blazer and blouse or dress, and Sundray Tucker and Lynda Laurence are wearing black dresses. Ira Tucker Jr. is wearing a black suit jacket and turtleneck with a gold colored necklace and US flag lapel pin. The figures are in front of a yellow background. “OLYMPUS” is printed diagonally on the verso of the paper.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 2000
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Ira Tucker Sr., American, 1925 - 2008
• Subject of: Louise Tucker, American, 1948 - 2010
• Subject of: Ira Tucker Jr., American, born 1944
• Subject of: Sundray Tucker, American, born 1948
• Subject of: Lynda Laurence, American, born 1949
• Type: photographs
• Type: portraits
• Medium: photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 3 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. (9.5 x 13.3 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Families
• Topic: Gospel (Music)
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2013.13.3.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Ira Tucker, Jr. of the Dixie Hummingbirds
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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