Photograph of Jimi Hendrix playing during a recording session
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1965
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Jimi Hendrix, American, 1942 - 1970
notes: label: Description
content: This is a black and white photograph of Jimi Hendrix playing during a recording session. Jimi Hendrix is depicted in profile standing holding his electric guitar. He is shown from the knees up. He wears a light colored long sleeve shirt with puffy sleeves, with ruffles at the cuffs and the neckline. The neckline is an open V-neck. Over the shirt he wears a short, patterned vest. He wears dark pants and a belt decorated with metallic dics. A microphone is suspended in front of his face, and he wears a pair of large headphones. The back is blank.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Rhythm and blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Rock and roll (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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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: 2021.102.3.3
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
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 (image): 9 7/16 × 7 3/16 in. (24 × 18.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 9 15/16 × 8 1/16 in. (25.2 × 20.4 cm)