Color picture of Sammy Davis Jr. inscribed to Ginger Smock: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A large color image of Sammy Davis Jr. on poster board. In the image, he is wearing a tuxedo jacket with a red pocket square and has an untied necktie around his neck. His arms are crossed and he is holding a cigarette in his left hand. He is smiling. The image is inscribed in black ink on the top left corner. The inscription says "To / My Girl Ginger And Her Man Bob / Peace-Love / Sammy Davis, Jr." A white sticker with black text on the back of the poster board says “Allen Photographics” and “Las Vegas, NV 89114-4667 / (702) 735-2222.” At the bottom of the sticker is “Negative # 86-4-758.” The negative numbers are handwritten.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1980s
• Printed by: Allen Photographics, American
• Signed by: Sammy Davis Jr., American, 1925 - 1990
• Owned by: Ginger Smock, American, 1920 - 1995
• Subject of: Sammy Davis Jr., American, 1925 - 1990
• Type: portraits
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on cardboard
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 20 1/16 × 15 3/4 × 1/16 in. (51 × 40 × 0.2 cm)
• Place printed: Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Entertainers
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2016.161.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lydia Samuel Bennett
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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