Untitled: Museum Object and Cultural History
Untitled: Date: 1970-1989. Photograph by: John H. White, American, born 1945. Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black and white photographic print of a marching band performing. A young man in the center of the photograph is wearing a marching band uniform that has two strippes going down the pants leg and jacket sleeves. The cape is over his left shoulder. He is wearing a headband that reads [Marching Colman]. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1970-1989
- Photograph by: John H. White, American, born 1945
- Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Type: portraits
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 13 7/16 × 10 1/2 in. (34.1 × 26.7 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
- Place collected: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Marching bands (Music)
- Topic: Musicians
- Topic: Photography
- Object number: 2016.118.15
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of John H. White/Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photojournalist
- 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: © John H. White Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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