The Two Kings, Elvis Presley with B.B. King at WDIA Goodwill Review, Memphis, TN: Museum Object and Cultural History
The Two Kings, Elvis Presley with B.B. King at WDIA Goodwill Review, Memphis, TN: Date: December 7, 1957. Created by: Dr. Ernest C. Withers, American, 1922 - 2007. Subject of: Elvis Presley, American, 1935 - 1977.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black-and-white portrait of Elvis Presley and B.B. King. On the left, Elvis Presley wears a necktie and striped jacket and puts his arm around the shoulders of B.B. King, right, who wears a bowtie and plaid jacket with a pocket square.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: December 7, 1957
- Created by: Dr. Ernest C. Withers, American, 1922 - 2007
- Subject of: Elvis Presley, American, 1935 - 1977
- Subject of: B.B. King, American, 1925 - 2015
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Type: portraits
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
- Place depicted: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Blues (Music)
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Rock and roll (Music)
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2009.16.23
- 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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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: © Ernest C. Withers Trust Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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