Souvenir photograph from the Down Beat Swing Room
date: label: Date
content: 1938-1948
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Down Beat Swing Room, American, 1938 - 1948
notes: label: Description
content: A sepia toned photograph from the Down Beat Swing Room in Philadelphia in a souvenir sleeve.
label: Description
content: The sleeve is made from a teal textured vinyl, The front cover is printed with black text which reads [A NEW NOTE / Down / Beat / Swing / Room / 23 S. 11th St. / Philadelphia / second floor] and an illustration of a man playing a saxophone and a music note. Inside the sleeve, a photograph is inserted into a rectangular frame and stapled into place. The photograph depicts a couple, a man and a woman, seated on a banquette at a table. The man has his proper left arm around the woman's shoulders. The woman also has a coat draped over her shoulders. On the table in front of them are two highball glasses, two shot glasses, an ashtray, and a pack of cigarettes with a matchbook on top. The back of the sleeve is blank.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Amusements
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
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: 2015.97.38.14
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 on vinyl with ink and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Front): 6 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (16.5 × 21.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Open): 13 × 8 1/2 in. (33 × 21.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 4 1/8 × 6 1/8 in. (10.5 × 15.6 cm)