Photographic print of a performance by Melvin Harris and the Blue Notes
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1975
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Club Harlem, American, 1935 - 1986
label: Subject of
content: Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, American, founded 1954
label: Subject of
content: Lawrence Llyod Brown Sr., American, 1944 - 2008
label: Subject of
content: Bernard Wilson, American, 1946 - 2010
label: Subject of
content: Teddy Pendergrass, American, 1950 - 2010
label: Subject of
content: Jerry Cummings, American, born 1951
label: Subject of
content: Harold Melvin, American, 1939 - 1997
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of a performance by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes on stage at Club Harlem in Atlantic City, with a full band behind them and audience members sitting at tables at the front of the stage. Teddy Pendergrass, the lead vocalist, is pictured in the center of the stage facing the audience while behind him the rest of the group face stage left, with left knees slightly bent. From left to right, the members are Lawerence Lloyd Brown, Bernard Wilson, Jerry Cummings (behind Pendergrass), and Harold Melvin. There are no inscriptons, front or back.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Singers (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, Gift of Henrietta W. Shelton, Chicken Bone Beach Historical Foundation, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.145.7
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
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: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 in. (15.6 x 23.5 cm)