Photograph of DJ Kool Herc with friends at T-Connection
date: label: Date
content: early 1980s
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: DJ Kool Herc, Jamaican American, born 1955
label: Subject of
content: T-Connection, American
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: This is a color Polaroid depicting DJ Kool Herc and 21 friends posed while at T-Connection, a nightclub in the Bronx. Kool Herc is at the center of the image, wearing a black hat with sunglasses on it and someone sitting on his lap. Most people are sitting on the floor or a chair, with a few people in the background standing.
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
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: 2022.73.11
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): 2 7/8 × 3 7/8 in. (7.3 × 9.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 3 1/4 × 4 1/8 in. (8.3 × 10.5 cm)