Photograph of W.C. Handy playing the trumpet
date: label: Date
content: 1940-1958
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: W. C. Handy, American, 1873 - 1958
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photo depicting W.C. Handy. He is sitting on a park bench towards the center of a crowd playing a trumpet. He is wearing a black coat with a hat on. He has a black cane resting in between his legs while the crowd directs their attention to him. On the reverse is the inscription [W.C. Handy].
place: label: Place captured
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Soul (Music)
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: A Cinema Apart: The Larry Richards Collection of Early Black Film
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: 2013.118.199.2
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 (Image): 8 1/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.4 × 25.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 8 7/16 × 10 3/8 in. (21.5 × 26.4 cm)