<I>The Two Kings, Elvis Presley with B.B. King at WDIA Goodwill Review, Memphis, TN</I>
date: label: Date
content: December 7, 1957
name: label: Created by
content: Dr. Ernest C. Withers, American, 1922 - 2007
label: Subject of
content: Elvis Presley, American, 1935 - 1977
label: Subject of
content: B.B. King, American, 1925 - 2015
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white portrait of Elvis Presley and B.B. King. On the left, Elvis Presley wears a necktie and striped jacket and puts his arm around the shoulders of B.B. King, right, who wears a bowtie and plaid jacket with a pocket square.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Rock and roll (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
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: 2009.16.23
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Ernest C. Withers Trust
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: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)