Photograph of Busy Bee, Water Bed Kev, Starski, Ruby Dee, Master Rob and friend
date: label: Date
content: 1975
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Busy Bee Starski, American, born 1962
label: Subject of
content: Kevie Kev, American
label: Subject of
content: Lovebug Starski, American, 1960 - 2018
label: Subject of
content: Master Rob, American
label: Subject of
content: Ruby Dee, Puerto Rican, born 1960
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: T-Connection, American
label: Owned by
content: DJ Kool Herc, Jamaican American, born 1955
notes: label: Description
content: A color Polaroid owned by DJ Kool Herc depicting Busy Bee, Water Bed Kev, Starski, Ruby Dee, Master Rob, and a friend of theirs at T-Connection, a nightclub in the Bronx. All six men are show at full-length, with one front and center, crouched low to the floor, three behind him and two in the far back, all six holding a variety of poses with hand gestures and arm and legs in the air. Five of the men are wearing black and white clothes while the sixth one in the upper left corner is wearing a white shirt and shoes with brown pants. They all wear a variety of accessories, including hats, glasses, necklaces, bracelets, multiple belts and head bands.
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: Rappers (Musicians)
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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: 2022.73.9
objectType: label: Type
content: group portraits
label: Type
content: instant camera photographs
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 3/4 × 2 7/8 in. (9.5 × 7.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (10.8 × 8.3 cm)