Portrait of Little Milton Playing a Guitar: Museum Object and Cultural History
Portrait of Little Milton Playing a Guitar: Date: 1950-1970s. Created by: Rev. Henry Clay Anderson, American, 1911 - 1998. Subject of: Little Milton, American, 1934 - 2005.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black-and-white portrait of Little Milton playing a Fender Telecaster guitar. Little Milton is wearing a light colored suit with a dark colored tie. The telecaster guitar has a flat asymmetric single-cutaway body.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1950-1970s
- Created by: Rev. Henry Clay Anderson, American, 1911 - 1998
- Subject of: Little Milton, American, 1934 - 2005
- Type: negatives
- Type: portraits
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on acetate film
- Dimensions: H x W: 5 x 4 in (12.7 x 10.2 cm)
- Place made: Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States
- Topic: African American
- Topic: American South
- Topic: Blues (Music)
- Topic: Communities
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Segregation
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2007.1.69.21.49.C
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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