- Created by
- Ellis, Harry C., American, 1857 - ca. 1928
- Subject of
- Europe, James Reese, American, 1881 - 1919
- 369th Infantry Regiment, American, 1913 - 1945
- American Red Cross, American, founded 1881
- Date
- ca. 1918
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4 9/16 x 6 13/16 in. (11.6 x 17.3 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of the famous 369th infantry's brass band performing at the American Red Cross Hospital Number 5, in Paris, France. The band is performing outdoors, seated in chairs arranged in a half circle around leader Jim Europe. An audience of other soldiers are scattered throughout the image, some lounge on the grass in the foreground and others stand behind the band in the background.
- Place captured
- Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Band (Music)
- Jazz (Music)
- Latin jazz (Music)
- Marching bands (Music)
- Military
- Photography
- Ragtime (Music)
- World War I
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.57.39
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.