Polaroid portrait of Kool Herc and Chuck Leonard at Stardust Ballroom
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1984
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: DJ Kool Herc, Jamaican American, born 1955
label: Subject of
content: Chuck Leonard, American, 1937 - 2004
label: Subject of
content: Stardust Ballroom, American
notes: label: Description
content: This is a color Polaroid depicting DJ Kool Herc (left) and Chuck Leonard, WLBS radio announcer, (right) at the Stardust Ballroom in the Bronx, NY. Both men are captured full-length, posed in front of curtains with a gold and red pattern design. Kool Herc is wearing his outfit from Beat Street, an all denim ensemble consisting of a jacket and jeans with brown fringe along the edges and with his thumbs in his pockets complete with a black felt Stetson. He is accessorized with sunglasses and brown shoes. Leonard wears a red-and-white horizontal striped, long-sleeve shirt with black cuffs, black pants, and black shoes. He has on a chain necklace, a watch on his left wrist, and a ring in his left ring finger.
place: label: Place captured
content: Bronx, New York City, Bronx County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: DJs (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Radio
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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: 2022.73.4.1
objectType: label: Type
content: group portraits
label: Type
content: instant camera photographs
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: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 3 3/4 × 2 7/8 in. (9.5 × 7.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (10.8 × 8.3 cm)