Photograph of Thelonius Monk and Walt Harper with autographs
date: label: Date
content: 1965
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Thelonious Monk, American, 1917 - 1982
label: Subject of
content: Walt Harper, American, 1926 - 2006
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph, portrait orientation, of Thelonius Monk (left) and Walt Harper (right) talking to each other. Thelonius is wearing a dark suit and tie with a lighter unbuttoned overcoat with a patterned fedora, while Walt is wearing a gray single-breasted suit, with a dark tie and is holding a cigarette in his proper right hand. Both men signed next to their faces in blue ink. Thelonius's reads [Good luck / always / Thelonius], and Walt's reads [The Best of / Every thing / Walt / Harper]. On the reverse is a newspaper clipping of an advertisement for the Pittsburgh Jazz Festival is adhered to the center.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Photography
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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 Paxton and Rachel Baker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.3.12
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: 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm)