Photographic print of Dizzy Gillespie seated next to an open instrument case
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1969
name: label: Photograph by
content: Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: Dizzy Gillespie, American, 1917 - 1993
notes: label: Description
content: This black and white photograph depicts Dizzy Gillespie seated next to an open instrument case with his proper right hand resting palm-up on his proper right knee; his proper left hand holds a trumpet still on his proper left knee. Gillespie looks off camera to the right of the frame; he wears a heavy medallion on a chain around his neck and thick-rimmed, rectangular framed glasses. There is an imprint of a palm tree in the bottom right corner of the border on the front of the photograph. The back of the photograph has an inscription, by hand, of the numbers: [57], [731], and a photographer's stamp.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Photography
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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: 2014.302.7
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 (Image): 19 7/8 × 16 in. (50.5 × 40.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 16 3/8 × 13 in. (41.6 × 33 cm)