Photograph of Harry "Sweets" Edison playing the trumpet
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1937
name: label: Photograph by
content: Harry Rossner
label: Subject of
content: Harry "Sweets" Edison, American, 1915 - 1999
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Harry "Sweets" Edison playing the trumpet. He is wearing a dark, double-breasted suit jacket and standing behind a music stand decorated a horseshoe and the letter [M] inside the horseshoe. A second man, depicted wearing a dark jacket, bow tie and a white collared shirt, is seated on the right behind another music stand decorated with a horseshoe and the letter [M]. He is depicted in profile, looking toward the trumpet player. There are two (2) sets of pencil cropping marks along the top and bottom borders of the photograph. The photographer’s name and address is stamped in blue ink on the back of the photograph. There are additional notations written in pencil of the on the back of the photograph.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Photography
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine 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: 2013.46.25.14
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and 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): 4 7/16 × 6 1/2 in. (11.3 × 16.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 5 1/16 × 7 in. (12.8 × 17.8 cm)