Gelatin silver print of Lead Belly playing the guitar
date: label: Date
content: 1941
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Huddie William Ledbetter, American, 1888 - 1949
label: Subject of
content: Josh White, American, 1914 - 1969
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of Lead Belly playing the guitar.
label: Description
content: Lead Belly is sitting on a chair and is playing a guitar. He is wearing a white collared shirt, a suit, and a bowtie. Josh White is sitting in the background, also playing a guitar. Around them is a crowd of people sitting at tables with white table cloths. There is a mural painting of two men and a woman on the wall in the background. On the verso, handwritten in graphite, is the inscription: "LEADBELLY" / 1941 / JOSH WHITE
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: 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: 2015.97.38.26
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 (Sheet): 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 9 1/2 × 7 5/8 in. (24.1 × 19.4 cm)