Photograph of Umar Bin Hassan performing at The Apollo Theater: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of Umar Bin Hassan performing at The Apollo Theater: Date: 1971. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Umar Bin Hassan, American, born 1948.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black and white image of Umar Bin Hassan as a young man on stage at the Apollo Theatre. Hassan wears a hat, leather jacket, and jeans. He is speaking into a microphone held in his left hand and gestures with his right. The photograph is in poor condition; it has been torn across the middle and been repaired with tape.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1971
- Photograph by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Umar Bin Hassan, American, born 1948
- Type: photographs
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 8 x 4 5/8 in. (20.3 x 11.7 cm)
- Place captured: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Spoken word (Poetry)
- Object number: 2011.80.3
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Umar Bin Hassan
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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