Gelatin silver print of man in sunglasses playing the drums
date: label: Date
content: early to mid 20th century
name: label: Photograph by
content: De Spain Studios
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of an unidentified man playing the drums.
label: Description
content: a. The man is pictured sitting at a drumset in a corner of a room. An unoccupied piano bench and piano is partially visible to the right of the image. The man wears a checkered shirt with a plaid suit jacket, a flower lapel pin and sunglasses. There are two windows and some photographs on the wall behind him. There is a logo on the large drum in the front, but it is out of focus and illegible. The image is slightly tinted with green and blue. There are no marks or inscriptions on the front or back of the photograph.
label: Description
content: b. The photograph has a cardstock holder with decorative border around the image and [PRINTED BY DE SPRAIN STUDIOS] at the bottom.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
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: 2015.97.38.36ab
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
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Board): 8 × 9 7/8 in. (20.3 × 25.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 7 3/8 × 9 1/2 in. (18.7 × 24.1 cm)