Photographic print of Ira Tucker: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photographic print of Ira Tucker: Date: ca. 1950. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Ira Tucker Sr., American, 1925 - 2008.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black and white photograph of a young Ira Tucker. The man is standing in front of a doorway with a brick wall. He is wearing a thin checked white shirt with what appears to be a mandarin collar. The suit jacket has vertical stripes with a breast pocket and pocket square, and the coat on top of the suit jacket appears similar to a patterned tweed. The photograph has been hand cut into the shape of a lopsided oval.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1950
- Created by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Ira Tucker Sr., American, 1925 - 2008
- Type: photographs
- Type: portraits
- Medium: photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (14 x 11.4 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Gospel (Music)
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2013.13.5
- 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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