Photograph of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and another man
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1945
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Dizzy Gillespie, American, 1917 - 1993
label: Subject of
content: Charlie Parker, American, 1920 - 1955
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and an unidentified man in a doorway with arms around each other. Charlie Parker is in the middle, wearing a striped suit with patterned tie and Dizzy Gillespie is on the left side of the photograph in a dark colored suit. The unidentified man is on the left, wearing a light colored suit jacket, swirled pattern tie, and dark colored pants. Parker has both arms around the other men, who each have one arm around Parker. Parker is gazing ahead with lips in a closed smile. Gillespie is looking towards Parker and holding a cigarette in his proper left hand. The unidentifed man is turned slightly towards Parker, head tilted down and eyes closed. On the back, handwritten in pencil in the top left corner is “A07387/9.”
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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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 Paxton and Rachel Baker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.3.6
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
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: 10 1/16 × 8 1/8 in. (25.6 × 20.6 cm)