Photograph of DJ Kool Herc with sound system at T-Connection
date: label: Date
content: 1980
name: label: Owned by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: DJ Kool Herc, Jamaican American, born 1955
label: Subject of
content: T-Connection, American
notes: label: Description
content: This is a color Polaroid depicting DJ Kool Herc posing with his sound system at the T-Connection, a nightclub. DJ Kool Herc is captured at full-length, leaning against the sound system he put together with his arms crossed. He is wearing a blue color shirt with printed-on white building graphic, dark blue jeans, black shoes, square-shaped black sunglasses, a bolo tie, and a black bet with a gold color steer cow/bull horn belt buckle. The image is printed on semi-gloss double photographic paper.
place: label: Place captured
content: Bronx, New York City, Bronx County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: DJs (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Technology
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2022.73.2
objectType: label: Type
content: instant camera photographs
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: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 3 7/8 × 2 7/8 in. (9.8 × 7.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 4 1/8 × 3 1/4 in. (10.5 × 8.3 cm)