Untitled: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This color photograph shows three young men posing on Delancey and Orchard Street, on the Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York, in 1980. The men are standing with their arms crossed in front of their chests. A boombox is on the ground in front of them. The back of the photograph is inscribed with the photographer Jamel Shabazz’s signature.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1980; printed 2010
• Photograph by: Jamel Shabazz, American, born 1960
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Printed by: Sunshine Color Lab, American
• Type: chromogenic color prints
• Type: portraits
• Type: digital prints
• Medium: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 13 11/16 × 9 9/16 in. (34.8 × 24.3 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
• Place depicted: Delancey Street, Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Fashion
• Topic: Identity
• Topic: Music
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Urban life
• Object number: 2014.84.9
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jamel Shabazz
• 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: © Jamel Shabazz Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.