Color photograph of Eubie Blake and The Reagans: Museum Object and Cultural History
Color photograph of Eubie Blake and The Reagans: Date: 1981. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Eubie Blake, American, 1887 - 1983.
The object in the museum catalogue
Color photograph of Eubie Blake, seated in a wheelchair, accompanied by Marion Blake, Eubie's wife and Lew Jacobs. Eubie is shaking hands with then President, Ronald and First Lady, Nancy Reagan. Blake was visiting the White House because on October 9, 1981, he was the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded by President Ronald Reagan.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1981
- Photograph by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Eubie Blake, American, 1887 - 1983
- Subject of: Marion Blake, American
- Subject of: President Ronald Reagan, American, 1911 - 2004
- Subject of: Nancy Reagan, American, born 1921
- Subject of: Lew Jacobs, American
- Type: chromogenic color prints
- Medium: photographic paper and ink
- Dimensions: H x W: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
- Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Composers (Musicians)
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Musical Theatre
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Ragtime (Music)
- Object number: 2011.149.2.1
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bobbiegita Walker
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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