<I>Sonny Terry, 1978</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1978
name: label: Photograph by
content: David D. Spitzer, American
label: Subject of
content: Sonny Terry, American, 1911 - 1986
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and white photograph of Piedmont blues musician Sonny Terry performing in Miami, FL. Terry is lit from the front but most of the photo is in darkness. He holds his hands cupped around the microphone with his face quite close to it. He wears a watch, several rights, and glasses.
place: label: Place captured
content: Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Blues (Music)
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, Gift of David D. Spitzer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.164.61
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © David D. Spitzer
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 (Image): 9 7/16 x 9 13/16 in. (24 x 25 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 10 7/16 x 13 15/16 in. (26.5 x 35.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Matted): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)