<I>Steppin', Chicago</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2005
name: label: Photograph by
content: John Simmons, American, born 1950
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white gelatin silver photograph titled “Steppin’, Chicago” by John Simmons. The photograph captures a dance floor with several people dancing and some sitting in chairs along the left side. At the center of the image is a couple dancing, a woman on the left and a man on the right, in the middle of a side-by-side step. The woman is wearing a long, backless, white gown with a v-neckline, white heels, hair in an up-do, and dangly earrings. The man is wearing a dark color pinstripe zoot suit with a light color shirt, a fedora with a feather in the ribbon, sunglasses and dark color shoes with two white horizontal lines from the heel to the toe. He is wearing stud earrings and a ring on his left ring finger. At the forefront is another dance couple with their backs to the camera, on the left wearing a light color suit, and on the right wearing a dark color dress.
label: Description
content: The photographer signed the photograph in the front, lower right corner [John Simmons, ASC] and the year and location is written in the front, lower left corner [Chicago 2005].
place: label: Place captured
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Social life and customs
label: Topic
content: Urban life
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Estate of Carroll Parrott Blue
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.39.45
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: photographs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © John Simmons
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 8 3/4 × 13 in. (22.2 × 33 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 12 3/4 × 19 in. (32.4 × 48.3 cm)