<I>Prophet Noble Drew Ali, Founder of Moorish Science Temple of America</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1925
name: label: Photograph by
content: R. D. Jones, American, active 1920s
label: Subject of
content: Prophet Noble Drew Ali, American, 1886 - 1929
label: Subject of
content: Moorish Science Temple of America, American, founded 1913
notes: label: Description
content: Gelatin silver print full-length portrait of Prophet Noble Drew Ali, founder of the Moorish Science Temple of America. Against a studio landscape backdrop, Ali stands looking straight at the camera, his proper right hand held flat against the center of his torso and his left hand at his side. He wears a light colored tunic over loose trousers, with an oblong piece of striped fabric around his waist and an elaborately embroidered, dark colored sash over his proper right shoulder. The sash ends in a rectangular piece of fabric below his left hip, with fringing around the edges. He also wears a turban with a large, dark colored plume. At the bottom right corner, written by hand in the negative: [PROPHET NOBLE DREW ALI / FOUNDER OF MOORISH SCIENCE / TEMPLE OF AMERICA 1925 / R.O. JONES / PHOTO]. The verso has a numerical inscription in graphite at the top left corner.
place: label: Place captured
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1919-1933
label: Topic
content: Urban life
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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: 2012.46.45
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 9 1/2 x 7 5/8 in. (24.1 x 19.4 cm)