Photographic print of Ira Tucker, Sr. and Louise Tucker: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photographic print of Ira Tucker, Sr. and Louise Tucker: Date: ca. 2000. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Ira Tucker Sr., American, 1925 - 2008.
The object in the museum catalogue
A color photograph of Ira Tucker, Sr. kissing his wife, Louise Tucker. They are dressed in formal wear and are standing in front of a gold background. Ira is wearing black and silver glasses and a tuxedo, and Louise is wearing a silver colored blazer and crystal or diamond necklace and earrings. “OLYMPUS” is printed diagonally twice 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
- 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: Gospel (Music)
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Topic: Women
- Object number: 2013.13.3.3
- 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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