<I>Professor Longhair, 1973</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1973
name: label: Photograph by
content: David D. Spitzer, American
label: Subject of
content: Professor Longhair, American, 1918 - 1980
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white sepia toned photograph of New Orleans musician Professor Longhair playing piano during a performance in New York City. He is photographed from significantly below the stage while sitting at the piano and facing right and wears a t-shirt, slacks, white belt, necklace and sunglasses. Just behind him is a standing man playing bass.
place: label: Place captured
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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, Gift of David D. Spitzer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.164.111
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © David D. Spitzer
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. 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): 13 3/16 x 9 1/4 in. (33.5 x 23.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 13 3/4 x 10 5/8 in. (35 x 27 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Matted): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)