Photograph of a Gobs of Rhythm and Algiers Naval Air Station Band performance: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a Navy Gobs of Rhythm and Algiers Naval Air Station Band performance. Three (3) saxophonists, a string bassist, a trumpeter, and a female singer are depicted. The male trumpeter and female singer stand at the front of the stage behind a microphone. The male trumpeter is depicted facing away from the viewer, angled towards the singer. He is wearing a pinstriped suit and holds the trumpet by his proper right side. The female singer is depicted turned slightly towards the viewer. She is wearing a black suit with a matching skirt over a white, ruffle collar blouse. She has a pin affixed to her proper left shoulder. The three male saxophonists sit behind white music stands decorated with an image of a ship's wheel and the text [GOBS OF / RHYTHM / ALGIERS / NAVAL STATION]. The string bassist stands behind them. In the center background is a drum kit and a man and child standing in the wings. There are no inscriptions on the front or back of the photograph.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: August 1945
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
• Subject of: Navy Gobs of Rhythm, American
• Subject of: Algiers Naval Air Station Band, American, founded 1942
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: portraits
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 3/16 × 7 1/8 in. (23.3 × 18.1 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 10 1/8 × 7 15/16 in. (25.7 × 20.2 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Military
• Topic: Music
• Topic: Nightlife
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Theatre
• Object number: 2013.46.25.88
• 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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