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

The object in the museum catalogue

A black and white silver gelatin photograph of Ira Tucker and his daughters. The man is seated in a chair on the left and is wearing a light colored button down shirt, plaid cuffed shorts, and wingtip shoes. There is a young girl with glasses and a light colored dress sitting on the left arm of his chair. Another young girl wearing a light dress is seated on a striped ottoman on the right. The figures are seated in a carpeted room with a leaf patterned wallpaper and a lamp on the right side. On the back is the photographer's stamp and a stamped date. Below, in pencil, are three lines reading [Sandra / Linda / [illegible]].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: August 30, 1954
• Created by: K. Bryson Photography
• Subject of: Ira Tucker Sr., American, 1925 - 2008
• Subject of: Sundray Tucker, American, born 1948
• Subject of: Lynda Laurence, American, born 1949
• Type: photographs
• Type: portraits
• Medium: resin, silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 9 5/16 x 7 1/2 in. (23.7 x 19.1 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Children
• Topic: Families
• Topic: Gospel (Music)
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2013.13.8
• 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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