Photograph of a trumpet player and a trombone player
date: label: Date
content: early to mid 20th century
name: label: Photograph by
content: Swisher, American
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of two young men with instruments.
label: Description
content: The two men are both wearing marching band style jackets. The jackets are dark colored with decorative braidwork around the buttons on the front and at the cuffs. They are also wearing matching caps with buttons and braid detailing and black shoes with white spats. The man to the left of the image is turned to face the other man. He wears white gloves and holds a small trumpet. The man to the right of the image is turned towards the other man and is playing a trombone. The trombone is held up to his mouth, his cheeks are puffed out, and he is pulling the trombone out with his proper right arm. At the bottom right corner is an imprinted photographer's mark reading [Swisher / 220 / S STATE ST / CHICAGO]. At the top left corner is a handwritten inscription reading [Green + Plur]. There are no inscriptions on the back.
place: label: Place captured
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Marching bands (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: 2015.97.38.17
objectType: label: Type
content: photographs
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: unidentified
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 9 5/8 × 7 9/16 in. (24.4 × 19.2 cm)