Photograph of Dizzy Gillespie playing the trumpet in Karachi, Pakistan
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1956
name: label: Photograph by
content: Doubleday & Company Inc., American, founded 1897
label: Subject of
content: Dizzy Gillespie, American, 1917 - 1993
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of a group Dizzy Gillespie and seven other men on a stage with instruments. Gillespie is playing a trumpet on the left side of the photograph as the other members of the band look on. At the center of photograph are two music stands one of which reads “RHYTHM / SWINGTETTE,” while the other has R and S in overlapping, decorative lettering. Handwritten in ink near the top left corner of the image is “To, Dizzy - One & only / Here's Looking / at you. Sincerely, / Ray Baldwin / Karachi / Pakistan / 1956.” On the left side of the photograph a man is standing in front of a microphone. He is watching Gillespie play the trumpet. An illegible handwritten signature covers the man’s waist. Written in orange marker at bottom center is “637[illegible].” On the back of the photograph handwritten in orange marker at center right is “#59,” “D12,” and “59e.” Taped to the back of the photograph with masking tape is a white piece of paper with black type. The text on the piece of paper reads “DOUBLEDAY & CO., INC./ 245 PARK AVENUE / NEW YORK, N.Y. / TITLE:” Handwritten in black ink at the bottom of the piece of paper is “to Be or not to Bop-Auto- / biogr. of Dizzy Gillespie.”
place: label: Place captured
content: Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Travel
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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: 2014.3.4
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: 8 1/8 × 9 3/16 in. (20.6 × 23.3 cm)