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Published by: RCA Records, founded 1901
Recorded by: Price, Leontyne, American, born 1927; Vickers, Jon, Canadian, 1926 - 2015; Gorr, Rita, Belgian, 1926 - 2012; Merrill, Robert, American, 1917 - 2004; Tozzi, Giorgio, American, 1923 - 2011

Medium: magnetic tape, paper, plastic
Dimensions: Diameter (tape reel): 7 × 1/2 in. (17.8 × 1.3 cm); H x W x D (reel box): 7 7/16 × 7 7/16 × 3/4 in. (18.9 × 18.9 × 1.9 cm)

Type: audiotapes

Date: 1962

Description: A tape reel of Verdi-Aida (2016.68.10a) that is housed in a cardboard case (2016.68.10b). The front of the case features a closely framed portrait of Leontyne Price looking upward in costume as the character Aïda from Verdi's opera "Aïda." Above Price's portrait are two equally-sized rectangle text boxes; the rectangle to the left is orange while the rectangle to the right is black. White and black text in the rectangle to the left reads [HIGHLIGHTS / AÏDA / VERDI]. White and orange text in the rectangle to the right reads [PRICE • VICKERS / GORR • MERRILL • TOZZI / SOLTI • / ROME OPERA HOUSE / ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS / Selected by the Metropolitan Opera]. Above these two rectangle text boxes is a series of text boxes aligned with the top edge which contain the record label logo and stereo specifications. The back of the case has black text on a white background that gives information about the tape. The reel has a RCA Victor red label.

Topic: African American; Classical (Music); Composers (Musicians); Instrumentalists (Musicians); Opera (Music); Singers (Musicians)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2016.68.10ab

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Media Arts-Audio Recordings
Exhibition: Musical Crossroads
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Strut Miss Lizzie / Home Again Blues

Published by: Black Swan Records, American, 1920 - 1923
Recorded by: Whidby, Lulu, American; Henderson, Fletcher, American, 1897 - 1952

Medium: vinyl, adhesive, paper
Dimensions: Diameter: 9 7/8 × 1/16 in. (25.1 × 0.2 cm)

Type: phonograph records

Date: 1921

Description: A black vinyl record with a yellow label at its center printed with black text. The record label logo is above the center; it is an illustration of a swan encircled with the text of the record label name [BLACK SWAN RECORDS]. Beneath the record's center it lists the song title and production information for each side. Side A reads [Strut Miss Lizzie / (Creamer - Layton) / Lulu Whidby / Henderson's Novelty Orch.] Side B reads [Home Again Blues / Berlin - Akst / Lulu Whidby]. Beneath the song titles there is production information, the manufacturer's name is printed along the bottom arc of the label [MFD. BY PACE PHONOGRAPH CORP., NEW YORK].

Topic: African American; Blues (Music); Instrumentalists (Musicians); Singers (Musicians)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2016.68.11

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Media Arts-Audio Recordings
Exhibition: Musical Crossroads
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Night Mare / Hound Dog

Published by: Peacock Records, Inc., American, founded 1949
Recorded by: Thornton, Big Mama, American, 1926 - 1984

Medium: vinyl, adhesive, paper
Dimensions: Diameter: 9 7/8 × 1/16 in. (25.1 × 0.2 cm)

Type: 78 rpm records

Place depicted: Houston, Texas, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1953

Description: A black vinyl record with a red label at its center filled with silver text. Above the record's center is the record label logo, an illustrated peacock perched on the "c" in "Peacock" of the text [Peacock RECORDS]. Beneath the record's center it lists the song title and its production information; one side reads [HOUND DOG / (J. Leiber - M. Stroller - J. Otis) / WILLIE MAE / "Big Mama" THORNTON / Kansas City Bill & Orchestra]. The other side reads [Night Mare (J. Leiber - M. Stroller - J. Otis) / WILLIE MAE / "Big Mama" THORNTON / Kansas City Bill & Orchestra]. Text aligned with the arc beneath the song title reads [PEACOCK RECORDING CO. 4104 LYONS AVE. HOUSTON, TEXAS].

Topic: African American; Instrumentalists (Musicians); Rhythm and blues (Music); Rock and roll (Music); Singers (Musicians)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2016.68.12

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Media Arts-Audio Recordings
Exhibition: Musical Crossroads
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

So Much / Forgive and Forget

Published by: Jubilee Records, American, 1946 - 1970
Recorded by: Orioles, The, American, 1946 - 1956

Medium: vinyl, adhesive, paper
Dimensions: Diameter: 9 7/8 × 1/16 in. (25.1 × 0.2 cm)

Type: 78 rpm records

Date: 1949

Description: This is a black vinyl record with a blue label at its center printed with silver text. Above the record's center is the record label's logo, which reads [Jubilee] in script. Beneath the record's center is more silver text which lists the respective song titles and production information for each side. One side reads [SO MUCH / (Whitman - Miller) / THE ORIOLES]. The other side reads [FORGIVE AND FORGET / Deborah Chessler / THE ORIOLES].

Topic: African American; Doowop (Music); Instrumentalists (Musicians); Rhythm and blues (Music); Singers (Musicians)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2016.68.14

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Media Arts-Audio Recordings
Exhibition: Musical Crossroads
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Ticket for a Stevie Wonder performance in Japan

Manufactured by: Unidentified
Subject of: Wonder, Stevie, American, born 1950

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 2 × 5 1/2 in. (5.1 × 14 cm)

Type: tickets

Place depicted: Japan, Asia

Date: 1981

Description: A ticket for a 1981 performance by Stevie Wonder in Japan. The front of the ticket is predominantly blue in color with a small horizontal strip of white beneath the larger blue block; within the blue block is a line of large black text which reads [STEVIE WONDER]. The other text is written in Japanese characters with cardinal numbers. To the left of the ticket's main body is a perforated edge with the ticket stub is still attached. The stub is white with black text. The back of the ticket has additional information in black text on white paper. A partial stamp is visible on the left side.

Topic: African American; Funk (Music); Instrumentalists (Musicians); Motown (Music); Rhythm and blues (Music); Singers (Musicians); Soul (Music)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2016.68.3

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Exhibition: Musical Crossroads
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

The Greatest!! Count Basie Plays, Joe Williams Sings Standards

Published by: Verve Records, American, founded 1956
Recorded by: Basie, Count, American, 1904 - 1984; Williams, Joe, American, 1918 - 1999

Medium: magnetic tape, plastic, paper
Dimensions: Diameter (tape reel): 7 × 1/2 in. (17.8 × 1.3 cm); H x W x D (container): 7 5/16 × 7 5/16 × 11/16 in. (18.6 × 18.6 × 1.7 cm)

Type: audiotapes

Date: 1956

Description: This is a tape reel (2016.68.5a) housed in a cardboard box (2016.68.5b). The front cover of the box features a color photograph of Count Basie and Joe Williams overlaid with text. The image as a whole is tinted orange. Joe Williams is pictured in the bottom left corner in profile wearing a yellow collared shirt singing into a microphone. A closer cropped portrait of Count Basie is aligned with the right side of the frame; Basie holds a cigarette in his proper left hand. To the left of Count Basie's portrait is a line of yellow scripted text which reads [The Greatest!!]. Beneath the text of the title are two lines of printed white text which read [count basie plays / joe williams sings standards]. Beneath the last line of white text are three lines of much smaller yellow text which lists the tracks featured on the reel. The back of the case has information about the artists in black text on a white background. There is a red stamp in the bottom right corner. The reel has magnetic tape wound around a clear plastic reel. There is an off-white paper label with black type affixed to the front of the plastic reel.

Topic: African American; Instrumentalists (Musicians); Jazz (Music); Singers (Musicians)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2016.68.5ab

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Media Arts-Audio Recordings
Exhibition: Musical Crossroads
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Poster advertising a concert for Mrs. Coretta Scott King on October 6, 1958

Created by: Montgomery Improvement Association, American, founded 1955
Printed by: Unidentified
Subject of: King, Coretta Scott, American, 1927 - 2006; Dr. Simpson, Ralph Ricardo, American, born 1933; Holt Street Baptist Church, American, founded 1909

Medium: ink on paper with pressure-sensitive tape
Dimensions: H x W: 14 × 11 in. (35.5 × 27.9 cm)

Type: posters

Place used: Montgomery, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date: October 6, 1958

Description: A poster advertising a concert for Mrs. Coretta Scott King on October 6, 1958. A black-and-white image of Scott King is featured near the top edge of the poster. She is depicted in bust pose, in three-quarters profile looking towards the left edge of the image. She is wearing sleeveless dark dress with a light colored, ruffled neckline. Above the image is black text that reads, [APPEARING IN CONCERT]. Below the image is more black text that reads, [MRS. CORETTA SCOTT KING / National Famous Soprano / MR. RALPH SIMPSON, Accompanist / Monday, October 6, 1958 – 800 p.m. / Holt Street Baptist Church / Sponsored by The / MONTGOMERY IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION / Gen. Adm. $1.00]. There are inscriptions in pencil and black ink on the back of the poster as well as a purple sticky note secured with clear tape.

Topic: African American; American South; Civil rights; Classical (Music); Instrumentalists (Musicians); Singers (Musicians)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2016.90.5.1

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Program from a Mrs. Coretta Scott King recital on September 30, 1956

Created by: Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, American, founded 1877
Subject of: King, Coretta Scott, American, 1927 - 2006; Scott, Minnie Kimbrough, American, died 2012; Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968

Medium: ink on paper with metal and graphite
Dimensions: H x W: 9 × 6 × 1/16 in. (22.9 × 15.3 × 0.1 cm)

Type: souvenir programs

Place used: Montgomery, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date: September 30, 1956

Description: A program for a recital for Mrs. Coretta Scott King on September 30, 1956. A black-and-white image of Scott King is centrally featured. She is depicted in bust pose, in three-quarters profile looking towards the left edge of the image. She is wearing sleeveless dark dress with a light colored, ruffled neckline. Above the image is black text that reads, [THE USHER BOARDS / AND THE / YOUNG MATRONS COUNCIL / OF / DEXTER AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH / PRESENT]. Below the image is additional black text that reads [CORETTA SCOTT KING / SOPRANO / In Recital / MINNIE KIMBROUGH SCOTT / ACCOMPANIST / MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA / Sunday, September 30, 1956 – 5:30 P.M. / Rev. M. L. King, Jr. ………………….Pastor / Mr. L. W. Smiley ………………….Chairman / Mrs. Norman Walton ………………….Co-Chairman / Mr. R. D. Nesbitt ………………….Advisor]. The program has eight (8) interior pages, a front cover, a back cover, and handwritten notes on some of the interior pages. There is a purple sticky note affixed to the back of the booklet.

Topic: African American; American South; Amusements; Classical (Music); Instrumentalists (Musicians); Religion; Singers (Musicians)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2016.90.5.2

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera

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Lester Bowie, Sweet Basil, NYC

Photograph by: Barboza, Anthony, American, born 1944
Subject of: Bowie, Lester, American, 1941 - 1999; Sweet Basil, American, 1974 - 2001

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (sheet): 14 × 11 in. (35.5 × 27.9 cm); H x W (image): 8 × 12 7/16 in. (20.3 × 31.6 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place captured: Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1980s

Description: A black and white photograph of Lester Bowie at Sweet Basil, NYC. Bowie stands at the beginning of a hallway, next to a tuba. He wears a long white jacket over darker colored shirt, tie and pants. To the right of him, a board announces the scheduled performances, reading: [SWEET BASIL / THIS WEEK LESTER BOWIE BRASS FANTASY] at the top. On the back is an inscription with the title, date and photographer's signature and stamp.

Topic: African American; Composers (Musicians); Instrumentalists (Musicians); Jazz (Music); Nightlife; Photography

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2016.99.25

Restrictions & Rights: © Anthony Barboza

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sun Ra at Knitting Factory

Photograph by: Barboza, Anthony, American, born 1944
Subject of: Ra, Sun, American, 1914 - 1993
Created by: Knitting Factory, American, founded 1987

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (sheet): 7 15/16 × 9 7/8 in. (20.2 × 25.1 cm); H x W (image): 5 1/2 × 8 1/16 in. (14 × 20.5 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Date: late 1980s

Description: A black and white photograph of Sun Ra in an empty performance space. Sun Ra sits behind an electric keyboard with sheet music in front of him. Behind and next to him are empty chairs, microphones, and musical instruments including a double bass, saxophone, and maraca.

Topic: African American; Composers (Musicians); Instrumentalists (Musicians); Photography

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2016.99.5

Restrictions & Rights: © Anthony Barboza

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Cabinet card of Frederick Douglass with his grandson, Joseph Douglass

Photograph by: Bourdon, Denis, Canadian; Notman Photo Company, American, 1866 - 1894
Subject of: Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895; Douglass, Joseph Henry, American, 1871 - 1935

Medium: albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
Dimensions: H x W: 6 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (16.5 × 10.8 cm)

Type: cabinet photographs; albumen prints

Place made: Boston, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

Date: May 10, 1894

Caption: This carte-de-visite is found in Series 6 of the Charlene Hodges Byrd Collection. This collection documents the personal life and professional career of Charlene Hodges Byrd as well as her related family members from various areas throughout the Pennsylvania, Maryland and Washington, D.C. This collection is comprised of correspondence, ephemera and photographs discussing family life, religion, race, education as well as the family relationship with Frederick Douglass and his family. The collection is available for research by contacting NMAAHC Archives at nmaahc-archivalcollection@si.edu or see our collections in the Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives available here: https://goo.gl/Rwckpe.
Description: A cabinet card of Frederick Douglass and his grandson Joseph Douglass. Frederick Douglass is featured on the right side of the image and sits in a chair holding papers in his hands atop his lap. Joseph Douglass, in the left side of the image, sits atop a table and holds a violin in his proper right hand. His proper left hand is resting on the back of his grandfather. The bottom of the card has a maker's mark and address for Notman Photographic Company in Boston.

Topic: African American; Families; Fatherhood; Instrumentalists (Musicians); Photography

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Charlene Hodges Byrd

Object number: A2010.26.29.8.1

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Collection title: Charlene Hodges Byrd Collection
Classification: Media Arts-Photography; Archival Collections

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Photograph of Hall Johnson and the Negro String Quartet

Photograph by: Tarr, S., American, active 1920s
Subject of: Johnson, Hall, American, 1888 - 1970; Weir, Felix, American, 1884 - 1978; Cumbo, Marion, American; Boyd, Arthur

Medium: silver and gelatin on photographic paper with paper (fiber product)
Dimensions: H x W (Overall): 7 1/4 × 11 in. (18.4 × 27.9 cm); H x W (Photograph): 5 × 7 in. (12.7 × 17.8 cm); H x W (Frame): 7 1/4 × 11 in. (18.4 × 27.9 cm)

Type: photographs

Place printed: New York City, New York, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: ca. 1923

Description: A photograph of the Negro String Quartet. The photograph features four men sitting in chairs positioned in a semi circle around two music stands. The men are all dressed in suits. The men from left to right are: Felix Weir, Marion Cumbo, Hall Johnson, and Arthur Boyd. The photograph isin a green/gray paper frame. A stamp on the front of the paper frame reads: [S. Tarr / 164 West 125 St. / NY]. The back of the frame is blank.

Topic: African American; Classical (Music); Instrumentalists (Musicians); Men

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Eugene Thamon Simpson, Representative, Hall Johnson Estate

Object number: TA2013.166.1.1ab

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Collection title: The Hall Johnson Collection
Classification: Media Arts-Photography; Archival Collections

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Program for George Walker concert

Printed by: The Superior Printing Company, American
Subject of: Walker, George Theophilus
Owned by: Johnson, Hall, American, 1888 - 1970

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 10 5/16 × 6 9/16 in. (26.2 × 16.7 cm)

Type: programs

Place depicted: New York City, New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
Place printed: New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1960 (printed); March 3, 1960 (date of event)

Description: Red, white, and black, double-sided, program for a George Walker concert. The top front of the program has a red background with white type that reads: GEORGE / WALKER / PIANIST]. The center front of the program has a black and white photograph of George Walker wearing a suite and bowtie. The bottom front of the program has a red background with black type that reads: [Photo by Seymour Bernstein / Town Hall / THURSDAY EVENING at 8:30 / MARCH 3, 1960 / (Program overleaf)]. The back of program has black type set against a white background and features a short biography, quotes from critics, and the details of the performance.

Topic: African American; Classical (Music); Composers (Musicians); Instrumentalists (Musicians)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Eugene Thamon Simpson, Representative, Hall Johnson Estate

Object number: TA2013.166.1.3

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Collection title: The Hall Johnson Collection
Classification: Archival Collections; Memorabilia and Ephemera
Exhibition: Musical Crossroads
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Indoor portrait of a woman singing

Created by: Rev. Anderson, Henry Clay, American, 1911 - 1998
Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women

Medium: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place made: Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1948 - 1970s

Description: A black-and-white photograph of a woman singing. She is wearing a light gown with dark gloves that don't cover her fingers, a bracelet, necklace and earrings. She is standing in front of a microphone on shaggy carpet. Behind her is a drum set and curtain and to her right is a woman in a dark dress playing a piano.

Topic: African American; Instrumentalists (Musicians); Photography; Singers (Musicians)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles Schwartz and Shawn Wilson

Object number: 2012.137.7.18

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Cecil McBee, 1978

Photograph by: Spitzer, David D., American
Subject of: McBee, Cecil, American, born 1935

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 13 3/4 x 10 3/8 in. (35 x 26.3 cm); H x W (Sheet): 13 7/8 x 10 13/16 in. (35.3 x 27.4 cm); H x W (Matted): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place captured: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1978

Description: A black-and-white photograph of jazz bassist Cecil McBee performing in New York City. McBee is photographed in left-profile and quite close up. The neck of his bass rests on his shoulder and his left hand is on the strings.

Topic: African American; Instrumentalists (Musicians); Jazz (Music); Photography

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David D. Spitzer

Object number: 2012.164.101

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Oscar Peterson, 1975

Photograph by: Spitzer, David D., American
Subject of: Oscar Peterson, Canadian, 1925 - 2007

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 3/16 x 13 3/4 in. (23.4 x 35 cm); H x W (Sheet): 10 1/4 x 13 13/16 in. (26 x 35.1 cm); H x W (Matted): 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place captured: Coconut Grove, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1975

Description: A black-and-white photograph of jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson at a performance in Coconut Grove, FL. He is photographed from the far end of the piano, with the open piano lid framing his face. He wears a dark striped suit and his eyes are closed.

Topic: African American; Composers (Musicians); Instrumentalists (Musicians); Jazz (Music); Photography

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David D. Spitzer

Object number: 2012.164.104

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Earl King, 1992

Photograph by: Spitzer, David D., American
Subject of: King, Earl, American, 1934 - 2003

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 13 11/16 x 9 7/16 in. (34.8 x 23.9 cm); H x W (Sheet): 13 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (35 x 27.3 cm); H x W (Matted): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place captured: Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1992

Description: A black-and-white photograph of blues musician Earl King playing guitar during a performance in Miami Beach, FL. King is photographed from the waist up and is looking down at his two-tone Fender Stratocaster while playing. He leans back and wears a patterned button-up shirt with solid color front panels. He stands in front of a black background with large white lettering partly visible at the top of the frame.

Topic: African American; Blues (Music); Composers (Musicians); Instrumentalists (Musicians); Photography; Singers (Musicians)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David D. Spitzer

Object number: 2012.164.112

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Johnny "Clyde" Copeland, 1988

Photograph by: Spitzer, David D., American
Subject of: Johnny "Clyde" Copeland, American, 1937 - 1997

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 13 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. (35 x 23.5 cm); H x W (Sheet): 13 15/16 x 10 11/16 in. (35.4 x 27.1 cm); H x W (Matted): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place captured: Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1988

Description: A black-and-white photograph of blues musician Johnny "Clyde" Copeland performing in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Copeland is photographed from the chest up and is mostly in shadow. He looks down at his guitar, which is not visible, but wears a wide strap over his left shoulder with [TEXAS] stitched vertically down it.

Topic: African American; Blues (Music); Instrumentalists (Musicians); Photography; Singers (Musicians)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David D. Spitzer

Object number: 2012.164.113

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Indoor Photo of a Man and Woman Facing each other and both are Playing the Piano

Studio Portrait of a Man Standing Playing Guitar

Verdi - Aïda (Highlights)

Strut Miss Lizzie / Home Again Blues

Night Mare / Hound Dog

So Much / Forgive and Forget

Ticket for a Stevie Wonder performance in Japan

The Greatest!! Count Basie Plays, Joe Williams Sings Standards

Poster advertising a concert for Mrs. Coretta Scott King on October 6, 1958

Program from a Mrs. Coretta Scott King recital on September 30, 1956

Lester Bowie, Sweet Basil, NYC

Sun Ra at Knitting Factory

Cabinet card of Frederick Douglass with his grandson, Joseph Douglass

Photograph of Hall Johnson and the Negro String Quartet

Program for George Walker concert

Indoor portrait of a woman singing

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