Gelatin silver print of Fats Navarro and friend
date: label: Date
content: 1940-1950
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Theodore "Fats" Navarro Jr., American, 1923 - 1950
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of Fats Navarro and a friend.
label: Description
content: Fats Navarro is on the proper left side. He has a mustache and is wearing a coat open over a lighter colored suit jacket, a white button down shirt, and a tie. He is holding a trumpet in a soft case in his proper left arm. He is looking at his friend to the proper right side. The unidentified man has his eyes closed and has a mustache and soul patch. He is wearing a dark coat over a plaid button down shirt. They are standing in front of a brick building. Only an "S" can be seen on the sign overhead.
label: Description
content: On the back of the photo, in pencil, is the handwritten inscription ["FATS" NAVARRO - W/ TRUMPET / b. 1923 - d. 1950].
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Bebop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.97.38.1
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 (Sheet): 4 7/8 × 3 1/2 in. (12.4 × 8.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 4 1/16 × 3 in. (10.3 × 7.6 cm)