Photograph of Don Redman and his Orchestra
date: label: Date
content: 1936
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Distributed by
content: Century Orchestra Corporation, American
label: Subject of
content: Donald "Don" Matthew Redman, American, 1900 - 1964
label: Subject of
content: Don Redman And His Orchestra, American, 1931 - 1940
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Don Redman and his Orchestra. Redman and his Orchestra are depicted on a stage decorated in a gambling theme that includes dice, roulette wheels, playing cards, and racing forms. In the center of the photograph is Don Redman, depicted wearing a white suit with a dark tie. He is standing in the middle of a painted roulette wheel on the floor. On either side of the stage are large dice. Along the back of the stage are two (2) rows of fourteen (14) musicians in total, playing brass and string instruments. The backdrop of the stage is decorated with suspended large playing cards and two (2) large racing forms. At the center of the backdrop is a large roulette wheel of numbers. Inside the wheel is a swirl of lights that ends at the center. In the lower left and right corners is a seated audience with their backs to the viewer. The image is bordered with white and along bottom is black text on the left and right sides. The text in the lower left corner reads, [DON REDMAN / and his Orchestra]. The text in the lower right corner reads, [CENTURY ORCHESTRA CORP. / 1619 Broadway, New York, N.Y.]. There are several inscriptions in pencil on the back of the photograph.
place: label: Place used
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2013.46.25.44
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): 6 15/16 × 9 9/16 in. (17.7 × 24.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 8 × 10 1/8 in. (20.3 × 25.7 cm)