Photograph of the Berry Brothers
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1943
name: label: Photograph by
content: Museart, American
label: Subject of
content: Nyas Berry, American, 1913 - 1951
label: Subject of
content: James Berry, American, 1915 - 1969
label: Subject of
content: Warren Berry, American, 1922 - 1996
label: Subject of
content: Berry Brothers, American, 1929 - 1951
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of the Berry Brothers. All three young men are depicted standing in three-quarters profile, with their faces turned towards the viewer and looking upwards towards the right edge of the image, and their proper left hands in their pockets. The young men on the far left and the far right are wearing black tuxedoes with tails, white vests, and white bow ties. The young man in the center is wearing a medium toned, double breasted, tuxedo and a medium toned tie. All three tuxedos have satiny stripes running down the side of the pants. The young men are standing in front of a white background. Warren Berry is depicted on the far left, Nyas Berry in the center, and James Berry on the right. The photographer's embossed mark, located in the bottom right corner reads, [Musart / L·A·]. There are no inscriptions on the front or back of the photograph. There are pencil notations written on the back of the photograph.
place: label: Place made
content: Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Comedy
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Tap dancing
label: Topic
content: Vaudeville
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine 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: 2013.46.25.105
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 (Image): 9 11/16 × 7 11/16 in. (24.6 × 19.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 10 1/16 × 8 in. (25.5 × 20.3 cm)