Photograph of Jim Europe's 369th Infantry Harlem Hellfighters Brass Band
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1918
name: label: Created by
content: Harry C. Ellis, American, 1857 - ca. 1928
label: Subject of
content: James Reese Europe, American, 1881 - 1919
label: Subject of
content: 369th Infantry Regiment, American, 1913 - 1945
label: Subject of
content: American Red Cross, American, founded 1881
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of the famous 369th infantry's brass band performing at the American Red Cross Hospital Number 5, in Paris, France. The band is performing outdoors, seated in chairs arranged in a half circle around leader Jim Europe. An audience of other soldiers are scattered throughout the image, some lounge on the grass in the foreground and others stand behind the band in the background.
place: label: Place captured
content: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Band (Music)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Latin jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Marching bands (Music)
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Ragtime (Music)
label: Topic
content: World War I
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.57.39
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
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: 4 9/16 x 6 13/16 in. (11.6 x 17.3 cm)