Photographic print of W.C. Handy
date: label: Date
content: September 1952
name: label: Photograph by
content: Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: W. C. Handy, American, 1873 - 1958
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of W.C. Handy playing the trumpet in front of a small audience. He stands next to a piano and plays directly into a ribbon microphone mounted on a mic stand. In the background, in what appears to be a round room, are two men and a woman seated in armchairs. The back of the photograph has a barcode sticker, a caption sticker, and a usage sticker.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1945-1953
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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 from Charles A. Harris and Beatrice Harris in memory of Charles "Teenie" Harris
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.302.46
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles "Teenie" Harris Archive
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: 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm)