- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- La Rock, Coke, American, born 1955
- 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, American, founded 1967
- Owned by
- DJ Kool Herc, Jamaican American, born 1955
- Date
- 1976
- Medium
- dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 3 1/2 × 2 5/8 in. (8.9 × 6.7 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 4 × 3 7/8 in. (10.2 × 9.8 cm)
- Description
- A color Polaroid of Coke La Rock owned by DJ Kool Herc. The image depicts La Rock inside apartment 2A of the Bronx apartment complex at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue. La Rock is captured from the knees up, standing in front of a filled bookshelf. He is wearing a grey winter trench coat over dark pants and a layered fit of a white shirt, a beige sweater with the collar over the trench coat and a red V-neck garment. La Rock has black frame glasses, two necklaces with one significantly larger than the other, and his hands are in the pockets of the coat. 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
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2022.73.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown – Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




