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Bob and His Fiddle
- Photograph by
- Havens, O. Pierre, American, 1838 - 1912
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1876-1888
- Medium
- albumen and silver on paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (sheet): 3 15/16 × 7 in. (10 × 17.8 cm)
- H x W (image (each)): 3 3/4 × 6 1/2 in. (9.5 × 16.5 cm)
- Description
- A stereograph titled "Bob and His Fiddle" printed and photographed by O. Pierre Havens of Savannah, Georgia. The albumen prints depict a boy identified in the image title as Bob holding a homemade fiddle while seated outside a small log building. He wears a white shirt, dark vest, dark pants, and no shoes. His hat is lying on the ground by his left foot. He looks down at the fiddle held in his left hand and propped on his left shoulder, while holding a bow made from string and a bent stick in his right hand over the strings of the fiddle. The title is blurred and printed in the bottom left corner on the right facing print. The prints are mounted on card stock that is orange on the front and light pink on the reverse. Black text printed on the reverse lists the photographer's name and address.
- Place printed
- Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- albumen prints
- stereographs
- portraits
- Topic
- American South
- Child musicians
- Children
- Music
- Photography
- United States--History--1865-1921
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2016.166.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Untitled
- Photograph by
- Allen, Devin, American, born 1989
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- June 16, 2015
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3264pixels × 4896pixels
- Caption
- Inspire the Youth to build a better tomorrow :::: I cant wait for my exhibit to open at the Reginald F Lewis Museum :::: It will be completely Free from July-December ::: Also will be getting & taking kids out to shoot with me and allow them to showcase their work along side mines :::: Also i will be starting a go fund me so i can buy camera's and take random kids out daily with me through out the summer ::: #Baltimore #ReginaldFLewis #ANewlight :: #DVNLLN - Devin Allen (@bydvnlln), Instagram, 06/16/2015.
- Description
- A black-and-white digital photograph by Devin Allen of an unidentified child playing a marching drum at a rally in Baltimore, Maryland. The child wears a white polo shirt and dark-colored pants, with sunglasses propped on their forehead. They hold drumsticks in their hands, playing the drum, and looking at the camera. Other children playing marching drums are nearby, as are adults including one wearing a whistle around their neck.
- 45.75 MB
- Place captured
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- digital images
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Child musicians
- Children
- Communities
- Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Local and regional
- Music
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Devin Allen
- Object number
- 2016.98.44
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Devin Allen
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Autographed photograph of Sugar Chile Robinson
- Created by
- Kriegsmann, James J., 1909 - 1994
- Subject of
- Robinson, Frank Isaac "Sugar Chile", American, born 1938
- Date
- mid 20th Century
- Medium
- photographic gelatin , silver and photographic paper
- Dimensions
- L x W: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
- Description
- Black and white photograph of Frank Isaac Robinson, better known as "Sugar Chile" Robinson, a child musicial prodigy during the 1940s and 1950s. He posed sitting on top of a white baby grand piano with his feet resting on the keyboard. The photograph is autographed by Robinson on the front in blue ink.
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Child musicians
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jackie Bryant Smith
- Object number
- 2010.66.71
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Time and Life Pictures/Getty Images. Permission required for use.
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Tom, The Blind Negro Boy Pianist, Only 10 Years Old
- Published by
- Horace Waters, American, 1845 - 1949
- Subject of
- Wiggins, Thomas Greene, American, 1849 - 1908
- Date
- 1860
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 13 3/8 x 10 7/16 in. (34 x 26.5 cm)
- Title
- Sheet music for Blind Tom's songs the Oliver Gallop and Virginia Polka
- Description
- Engraved sheet music, 5 pages. The front cover's title reads "TOM / The Blind Negro Boy Pianist / Only 10 Years Old" and has an illustration of a boy in dark jacket with white collar and cuffs, standing with his arm on a table. He holds his hat in the other hand.
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Type
- portraits
- sheet music
- Topic
- Child musicians
- Children
- Composers (Musicians)
- Folk (Music)
- Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Polka (Music)
- Singers (Musicians)
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.57.26
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Portrait of grammar school kids at a Christmas choir event
- Photograph by
- Olson, Martha, American
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm)
- H x W (Paper Frame Closed): 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm)
- H x W (Paper Frame Open): 17 × 28 in. (43.2 × 71.1 cm)
- Caption
- Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
- Description
- A black and white photograph of grammar school children preforming in a choir during a Christmas event. The photograph features a group of young girls in the foreground of the photograph. Most of the girls look towards the right of the photograph, while others look towards the camera or down towards the ground. Additional children can be see standing in the background. Above, on risers, children are partially visible behind music stands. The photograph is mounted to a paper frame. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.
- Place depicted
- Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- American South
- Child musicians
- Children
- Communities
- Education
- Holidays and festivals
- Music
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson
- Object number
- 2018.21.76
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Martha Olson
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Photographic print of Tito and Paquito D'Rivera inscribed to Dizzy Gillespie
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Gillespie, Dizzy, American, 1917 - 1993
- Subject of
- D'Rivera, Tito, Cuban
- D'Rivera, Paquito, Cuban American, born 1947
- Date
- 1950s, signed 1986
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 9 3/4 x 7 9/16 in. (24.8 x 19.2 cm)
- H x W (Image): 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (23.5 x 19.1 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph mounted on an album page. The photograph features Tito D'Rivera in a white jacket with bow tie and conductor's baton. His hand is on the shoulder of his young son, Paquito D'Rivera. Paquito is wearing a white suit and is holding a saxophone. The photograph is inscribed across the front.
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Child musicians
- Children
- Composers (Musicians)
- Conductors (Musicians)
- Fatherhood
- Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Jazz (Music)
- Photography
- Singers (Musicians)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Paxton and Rachel Baker
- Object number
- 2012.172.7.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Flute made for Blind Tom by William R. Meinell with original instrument case
- Created by
- Meinell, William R., American
- Used by
- Wiggins, Thomas Greene, American, 1849 - 1908
- Date
- 1879-1884
- Medium
- 2014.138.1a-f: silver, ebony, gold, and cork
- 2014.138.2: leather, velvet, wood, and metal
- Description
- A silver flute with two head joints, one silver and one ebony, made for the performer "Blind Tom" by William R. Meinell of New York. The flute is housed in the original instrument case.
- Place made
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Musical Instruments
- Type
- flutes (aerophones)
- Topic
- Child musicians
- Music
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.138
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Songs, Sketch of the Life of Blind Tom
- Printed by
- The Sun Book and Job Printing Establishment, American, after 1851
- Subject of
- Wiggins, Thomas Greene, American, 1849 - 1908
- Date
- ca. 1876
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- closed: 8 15/16 × 5 11/16 × 1/8 in. (22.7 × 14.4 × 0.3 cm)
- open: 8 15/16 × 11 15/16 × 1/8 in. (22.7 × 30.3 × 0.3 cm)
- Description
- A pamphlet containing a summary of Blind Tom's life with lyrics to songs. The pamphlet is printed on off white paper with black ink and has thirty two pages. The front cover reads “SONGS, / SKETCH OF THE LIFE” at the top with a black-and-white image of Blind Tom. “TESTIMONIALS / FROM THE / MOST EMINENT COMPOSERS” is printed on the left side of the image and “AND OPINIONS OF THE / American and English / PRESS” is printed on the right side. Printed below the image is “OF / BLIND TOM / The Marvelous Musical Prodigy, / THE NEGRO BOY PIANIST, / WHOSE RECENT PERFORMANCES AT THE / Great St. James and Egyptian Halls, London, and Salle Hertz, Paris, / HAVE CREATED SUCH A PROFOUND SENSATION.” The back cover has “BLIND TOM'S CONCERTS / PROGRAMME” printed on it with lists of songs performed by Blind Tom in two columns.
- Place printed
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Type
- pamphlets
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Paxton and Rachel Baker
- Object number
- 2014.3.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Photograph postcard of the Jenkins Orphanage Band, Charleston, South Carolina
- Created by
- Elcha, Edward, American, 1885 - 1939
- Tappin, Percy, British West Indian, born 1892
- Subject of
- Jenkins Orphanage Band, American, 1891 - 1980s
- Date
- 1914
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 1/2 × 5 3/8 in. (8.9 × 13.7 cm)
- Caption
- In 1891, the Rev. Daniel J. Jenkins opened the Jenkins Orphanage for African American boys in Charleston, South Carolina. Unable to provide for the growing number of boys under his care, Rev. Jenkins asked members of the Charleston community to donate used musical instruments with the intention of raising money for the orphanage by forming a travelling band. Wearing discarded Citadel uniforms, the band performed a mix of military marches, folk tunes, and ragtime throughout the United States and in Europe. The band played in the inaugural parades of Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. They also appeared at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair and the 1914 Anglo-American Exposition, where they performed for members of the British Royal Family.
- Description
- A black and white photograph postcard of the Jenkins Orphanage Band of Charleston, South Carolina. The photograph features twenty (20) boys and young men in uniform standing in rows, holding musical instruments including french horns, marching euphoniums, drums, and trombones. All of the band members are looking at the camera. At the bottom of the photograph is printed [JENKINS ORPHAN BAND Charleston S.C.]. At the lower left corner is the mark [Tappin-Elcha/ 438 Lenox Ave. N.Y] in white. The verso of the postcard is printed at the upper edge: [POST CARD/ CORRESPONDENCE [vertical line] ADDRESS ONLY].
- Place depicted
- Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Place printed
- Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.63.88.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain