Photograph of Coke La Rock inside 1520 Sedgewick, #2A
date: label: Date
content: 1976
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Coke La Rock, American, born 1955
label: Subject of
content: 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, American, founded 1967
label: Owned by
content: DJ Kool Herc, Jamaican American, born 1955
notes: label: Description
content: A color Polaroid of Coke La Rock owned by DJ Kool Herc. The image depicts La Rock inside apartment 2A of the Bronx apartment complex at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue. La Rock is captured from the knees up, standing in front of a filled bookshelf. He is wearing a grey winter trench coat over dark pants and a layered fit of a white shirt, a beige sweater with the collar over the trench coat and a red V-neck garment. La Rock has black frame glasses, two necklaces with one significantly larger than the other, and his hands are in the pockets of the coat. 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: Rappers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Urban life
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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: 2022.73.8
objectType: 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 1/2 × 2 5/8 in. (8.9 × 6.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 4 × 3 7/8 in. (10.2 × 9.8 cm)