- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- DJ Kool Herc, Jamaican American, born 1955
- T-Connection, American
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- early 1980s
- Medium
- dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 2 7/8 × 3 7/8 in. (7.3 × 9.8 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 3 1/4 × 4 1/8 in. (8.3 × 10.5 cm)
- Description
- This is a color Polaroid depicting DJ Kool Herc and 21 friends posed while at T-Connection, a nightclub in the Bronx. Kool Herc is at the center of the image, wearing a black hat with sunglasses on it and someone sitting on his lap. Most people are sitting on the floor or a chair, with a few people in the background standing.
- Place captured
- Bronx, New York City, Bronx County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- group portraits
- instant camera photographs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2022.73.11
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown – Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




