Photograph of Buck and Bubbles
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1937
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Distributed by
content: Nat Nazarro, American, 1902 - 1986
label: Subject of
content: John Bubbles, American, 1902 - 1986
label: Subject of
content: Ford Lee Washington, American, 1903 - 1955
label: Subject of
content: Buck and Bubbles, American, founded 1919
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Ford Lee Washington and John W. Sublett as the comedy duo, Buck and Bubbles. The men are depicted from the waist up, in the center of the image. They are seated and are looking at each other. Washington, depicted on the left, is wearing a dark jacket, striped shirt, and a dark, hounds tooth newsboy cap. Sublett, depicted on the right, wears a plaid jacket, light colored shirt, and white, newsboy cap. In the lower right hand corner is the image number, printed in the negative, [M48-2]. An inscription in black ink on the back of the image reads, [Nat Nazarro / presents / Buck / and / Bubbles]. There are also several inscriptions in pencil on the back of the photograph.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Comedy
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Tap dancing
label: Topic
content: Vaudeville
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine 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: 2013.46.25.47
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 (Image): 7 3/16 × 9 7/16 in. (18.3 × 23.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 8 × 10 1/8 in. (20.3 × 25.7 cm)