Photographic print of Trenchtown Sound System at midnight: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

There is a man on the proper left side of the image. He is wearing a short sleeve collared shirt with the buttons undone and plaid pants. He is holding a microphone in his right hand and the chord in his left hand. He is wearing large headphones and is singing into the microphone. His eyes are mostly closed and he has a beard and mustache. There is a woman to his proper right side. He is holding a bottle in her left hand and her right hand is in a fist as if she is dancing. There are six (6) men in the background. There is music equipment to the right side of the singer.

Each image has a white border around it. The borders are thicker on the tops and bottoms and thinner on the sides. The border on 2015.132.163.2 is slightly thicker because the image is slightly smaller. The back of 2015.132.163.1 is white. There is an inscription going vertically down the left side in blue ink, handwritten by Bill Adler. The back of 2015.132.163.2 has two Kodak logos repeated in gold. The logos are in diagonal lines and are facing the right side of the paper.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1978
• Photograph by: Adrian Boot, British, born 1947
• Type: black-and-white photographs
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (2015.132.163.1 Sheet): 11 × 14 in. (28 × 35.5 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (2015.132.163.1 Image): 9 11/16 × 13 1/8 in. (24.6 × 33.4 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (2015.132.163.2 Sheet): 11 × 14 1/16 in. (27.9 × 35.7 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (2015.132.163.2 Image): 9 7/16 × 12 13/16 in. (23.9 × 32.6 cm)
• Place captured: Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Dancehall (Music)
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Reggae (Music)
• Object number: 2015.132.163.1-.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Adrian Boot Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.