Photograph of Jimmie Jones
date: label: Date
content: 1936
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Jimmie Jones, American
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of bass player Jimmie Jones. Jones is depicted leaning towards the right of the image, holding the bass. The bass is positioned diagonally across the image from the lower left corner to the upper right corner. His proper left hand is positioned on the top of the fingerboard while his proper right hand strums a string. He is wearing a white suit, white shirt, and a white tie, with a flower in his lapel. In the background, in the upper right quadrant is Jones’s shadow and the shadow of the bass on the wall. There are several inscriptions in pencil on the back of the photograph.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Photography
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine 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: 2013.46.25.45
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
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 (Image and sheet): 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.2 × 20.1 cm)