Gelatin silver print of Curly "Drum Boogie"
date: label: Date
content: 1957
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Distributed by
content: Associated Booking Corporation, American, founded 1940
label: Subject of
content: Joe Glaser, American, 1896 - 1969
label: Subject of
content: Curly Drum Boogie
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white collaged promotional photograph of Curly "Drum Boogie," a member of the Lionel Hampton orchestra.
label: Description
content: The print features two black and white images of Curly "Drum Boogie." On the left side of the print he is depicted seated behind a drum set, with both drumsticks poised on the cymbal. He wears a light-colored suit with a patterned bow tie and is looking down towards the drums, with his lips pursed as if whistling. On the right side of the print is a floating, close cropped headshot of him smiling and looking directly at the camera. The image features only his head and his patterned bow tie.
label: Description
content: At the bottom of the print is black text typed on both sides below the image which reads [CURLY / "Drum Boogie"] on the left and [Associated Booking Corp. / JOE GLASER, President / NEW YORK, CHICAGO, HOLLYWOOD] on the right. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Photography
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.97.38.30
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: 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 (Sheet): 10 × 8 1/16 in. (25.4 × 20.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 8 3/4 × 7 7/16 in. (22.2 × 18.9 cm)