Ronald “Smoky” Stevens leads the D. C. Black Repertory Theater troupe exercising before the evening concert at Glen Echo Park Md: Museum Object and Cultural History
Ronald “Smoky” Stevens leads the D. C. Black Repertory Theater troupe exercising before the evening concert at Glen Echo Park Md: Date: July 1975. Photograph by: Milton Williams, American, born 1940. Subject of: Ronald Stevens, American.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black-and-white photograph of dancers taken with a five prism lens to create a layered image. The photograph is attached to a thick mounting board. The board is stamped and inscribed on the back.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: July 1975
- Photograph by: Milton Williams, American, born 1940
- Subject of: Ronald Stevens, American
- Subject of: D.C. Black Repertory Theater Company, American
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper, mounting board
- Dimensions: H x W (Image and Sheet): 7 15/16 x 9 13/16 in. (20.2 x 24.9 cm)
- Place depicted: Glenn Echo Park, Glen Echo, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Local and regional
- Topic: Modern dance
- Topic: Photography
- Object number: 2011.15.18
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Milton Williams Archives
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Milton Williams Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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