Photograph of Sly and Robbie at Island Records UK office Fallout Shelter Studio
date: label: Date
content: 1981
name: label: Subject of
content: Adrian Boot, British, born 1947
label: Subject of
content: Sly and Robbie, Jamaican, founded c. 1970
label: Subject of
content: Sly, Jamaican, born 1952
label: Subject of
content: Robbie, Jamaican, born 1953
label: Subject of
content: Island Records, Jamaican, founded 1959
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of Sly and Robbie at Island Records UK Fallout Shelter Studio in St. Peters Square, 1981, London, England.
label: Description
content: Sly is sitting behind a drum set. He is holding a drumstick in his left hand. He is wearing a hat and a button down shirt with a vest. He has a mustache. Robbie is standing behind him, holding a guitar. He is wearing a hat and a jersey with the number "99" on it. He has a goatee. The two men are both looking up at something. They are both also wearing several rings.
label: Description
content: Each of the images has a white border around it. The borders are thinner on the tops and bottoms and thicker on the sides. The border for 2015.132.160.2 is slightly thicker because the image is slightly smaller. The back of 2015.132.158.1 is white. There are blue ink smudges in different areas. There are inscriptions on the bottom, handwritten by Bill Adler. The back of 2015.132.158.2 has two Kodak logos repeated in gold. The logos are in diagonal lines and are upside down. There is an inscription on the back, handwritten by Bill Adler.
place: label: Place captured
content: London, England, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Reggae (Music)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Eyejammie Hip-Hop Photography 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: 2015.132.158.1-.2
objectType: label: Type
content: black-and-white photographs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Adrian Boot
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. 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 (2015.132.158.1 Sheet): 14 × 11 in. (35.5 × 27.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.132.158.1 Image): 13 1/2 × 9 in. (34.3 × 22.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.132.158.2 Sheet): 14 1/16 × 11 in. (35.7 × 27.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.132.158.2 Image): 13 1/8 × 8 3/4 in. (33.4 × 22.3 cm)