Gelatin silver print of Nat King Cole, Perry Como, and Chester Dudley
date: label: Date
content: 1950s
name: label: Subject of
content: Earl Griffin
label: Subject of
content: Nat King Cole, American, 1919 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: Perry Como, American, 1912 - 2001
label: Created by
content: Chester Dudley
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of Nat King Cole, Perry Como, and Chester Dudley looking at some papers.
label: Description
content: Nat King Cole is on the left side of the image. He is wearing a white collared shirt, a pinstripe grey colored suit, and a short tie in a striped design. Perry Como is in the center. He is wearing a white collared shirt, dark pants, and a plaid suit jacket. He has a cigarette in his proper left hand and is holding several sheets of white paper. Chester Dudley is on the right. He is wearing a white collared shirt, a dark suit jacket, a necktie, and glasses. All three have white pocket squares and are looking down at the sheets of paper.
label: Description
content: At the top left corner of the verso is the handwritten inscription in graphite: [Nat King Cole (Left) / Perry Como (Center) / Chester Dudley (rt)]. At the bottom left corner, a stamp in black ink reads: [PLEASE CREDIT PHOTO / BY EARL GRIFFIN].
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Singers (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: 2015.97.38.32
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
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: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 8 15/16 × 9 3/4 in. (22.7 × 24.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 7 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (19.4 × 24.1 cm)