Photograph of the Berry Brothers
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1943
name: label: Photograph by
content: Murray Korman, American, 1902 - 1961
label: Subject of
content: Nyas Berry, American, 1913 - 1951
label: Subject of
content: James Berry, American, 1915 - 1969
label: Subject of
content: Warren Berry, American, 1922 - 1996
label: Subject of
content: Berry Brothers, American, 1929 - 1951
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of the Berry Brothers. The young men are depicted standing against a white background, posing in different orientations. All three young men are wearing black tuxedoes with tails, white vests, and white bow ties and holding top hats. Nyas Berry is depicted on the far left. He is holding his top hat above his proper left shoulder with his proper left hand while holding a white cane upside down in his proper right hand. He is looking towards the top left corner of the image. Warren Berry is depicted in the center, facing Nyan Berry. He is standing with his legs apart, holding his top hat in his proper right hand at his waist and his proper left hand is held at his chest. James Berry is depicted on the right. He is standing in three-quarters profile, looking forward toward the top edge of the image. He is holding his top hat in his proper right hand at his chest and his proper left hand is held at his waist. A handwritten inscription in black ink in the lower right quadrant of the image reads, [To / Laura / A Real / Person / Cheerfully / Berry Bud[?]].The photographer's mark, printed in the negative, located in the bottom left corner reads, [Murray / Korman / N.Y.]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the photograph.
place: label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Comedy
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
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: 2013.46.25.108
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): 9 11/16 × 7 3/4 in. (24.6 × 19.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 10 1/16 × 8 1/8 in. (25.6 × 20.7 cm)