- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Handy, W. C., American, 1873 - 1958
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1940-1958
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 8 1/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.4 × 25.2 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 8 7/16 × 10 3/8 in. (21.5 × 26.4 cm)
- Description
- A black and white photo depicting W.C. Handy. He is sitting on a park bench towards the center of a crowd playing a trumpet. He is wearing a black coat with a hat on. He has a black cane resting in between his legs while the crowd directs their attention to him. On the reverse is the inscription [W.C. Handy].
- Place captured
- United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- A Cinema Apart: The Larry Richards Collection of Early Black Film
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.118.199.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




