Photograph of Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Times Square, NYC, 1987
date: label: Date
content: 1992
name: label: Photograph by
content: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962
label: Subject of
content: Kool G Rap, American, born 1968
label: Subject of
content: DJ Polo, American
label: Subject of
content: Sony Corporation, Japanese, founded 1946
label: Subject of
content: Panasonic Corporation, Japanese, founded 1918
notes: label: Description
content: A color photograph of Kool G Rap & DJ Polo on a television screen through a store window in Times Square.
label: Description
content: There are grey, yellow, black, and red sale signs surrounding the TV. One of the signs reads [1993 / COLOR / PORTABLE / TV's / in / STOCK!]. The image appears to be of a storefront window or a display in a store.
label: Description
content: There is a white border around the image. It is thicker on the two sides and thinner on the top and bottom. There is a small, yellowing tear the top from where a piece of tape used to be. The back of the photograph has light grey text repeated diagonal lines facing the left side of the paper. There is an inscription by Bill Adler handwritten vertically down the left side in blue ink.
place: label: Place captured
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Rappers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Television
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Eyejammie Hip-Hop Photography 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: 2015.132.92
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: inkjet prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Michael Benabib
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 10 15/16 × 16 15/16 in. (27.8 × 43.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 9 5/16 × 11 15/16 in. (23.6 × 30.4 cm)