Gelatin silver print of Monk Montgomery singing and playing the guitar
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1972
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Monk Montgomery, American, 1921 - 1982
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of Monk Montgomery playing the guitar and singing into a microphone.
label: Description
content: Montgomery is pictured standing in front of a wass with a mural of boats on open water.
label: Description
content: He is wearing a white collared shirt, a light colored suit jacket, black pants, a black tie, and has a dark colored pocket square. He is standing on a stage behind a microphone. His body is turned towards the proper left side. An inscription on the back reads: [MONK MONTGOMERY / b. 1921 - d. 1982 / 1st SIGNIFICANT ELECTRIC JAZZ BASSIST.].
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Photography
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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: 2015.97.38.28
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): 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 9 1/2 × 7 5/8 in. (24.1 × 19.4 cm)