Photograph of Sammy Davis Jr.
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1960
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Sammy Davis Jr., American, 1925 - 1990
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photographic portrait of Sammy Davis Jr. He is sitting with his body angled to his left. He is wearing glasses and a white collared shirt with a dark cardigan over it. On the left side of the photo is an autograph in blue ink that reads "To Pete/ all the best, / Sammy Davis Jr." On the right side of the photo appears to be smoke. In the bottom right hand corner of the photo, barely visible, is the top of a glass.
place: label: Place captured
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Comedy
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Music
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: A Cinema Apart: The Larry Richards Collection of Early Black Film
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: 2013.118.192.2
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: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)