Slide Hampton, 1989: Museum Object and Cultural History
Slide Hampton, 1989: Date: 1989. Photograph by: David D. Spitzer, American. Subject of: Slide Hampton, American, born 1932.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black-and-white photograph of jazz musician and composer Slide Hampton playing trombone during a performance in Hialeah, FL. Hampton is photographed from below and in close up. the bell and slide of his trombone are out of focus in the left of the frame. He is wide eyed as he plays and is wearing a white buttoned shirt.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1989
- Photograph by: David D. Spitzer, American
- Subject of: Slide Hampton, American, born 1932
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Type: portraits
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 1/4 x 13 3/4 in. (23.5 x 35 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 10 5/16 x 14 in. (26.2 x 35.5 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Matted): 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
- Place captured: Hialeah, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Composers (Musicians)
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Photography
- Object number: 2012.164.152
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David D. Spitzer
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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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: © David D. Spitzer Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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