Photograph of Chuck Green and James Walker: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Chuck Green and James Walker. Both Green and Walker are depicted wearing dark, double breasted suits, ties, and banded fedoras. Green, depicted on the right side of the image, is holding a piece of folded paper with his proper left hand and looking at the paper. Walker, depicted on the left side of the image, is looking down at the paper in Green’s hand. Both boys are smiling. White text written in the negative in the bottom left corner reads [STRAND / N.Y]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the image.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1932-1944
• Photograph by: Strand Studio, American
• Subject of: Chuck Green, American, 1919 - 1997
• Subject of: James Walker
• Subject of: Chuck and Chuckles, American, founded 1932
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: portraits
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 1/8 × 7 3/8 in. (23.2 × 18.8 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm)
• Place made: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Children
• Topic: Comedy
• Topic: Entertainers
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Vaudeville
• Object number: 2013.46.25.27
• 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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