Owned by
Unidentified
Subject of
DJ Kool Herc, Jamaican American, born 1955
T-Connection, American
Date
1980
Medium
dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (image): 3 7/8 × 2 7/8 in. (9.8 × 7.3 cm)
H x W (sheet): 4 1/8 × 3 1/4 in. (10.5 × 8.3 cm)
Description
This is a color Polaroid depicting DJ Kool Herc posing with his sound system at the T-Connection, a nightclub. DJ Kool Herc is captured at full-length, leaning against the sound system he put together with his arms crossed. He is wearing a blue color shirt with printed-on white building graphic, dark blue jeans, black shoes, square-shaped black sunglasses, a bolo tie, and a black bet with a gold color steer cow/bull horn belt buckle. The image is printed on semi-gloss double photographic paper.
Place captured
Bronx, New York City, Bronx County, New York, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
instant camera photographs
portraits
Topic
DJs (Musicians)
Hip-hop (Music)
Nightlife
Photography
Technology
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2022.73.2
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown – Restrictions Possible
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d9540ecb-1a8c-41f7-b057-34ff82075c15

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