Photographic print of Ira Tucker at the Lorraine Motel
date: label: Date
content: 1968
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Ira Tucker Sr., American, 1925 - 2008
notes: label: Description
content: A color photograph with white borders of Ira Tucker and an unknown women standing on the second floor balcony outside of room 306 at the Lorraine Motel, where MLK was assasinated. There are several flower arrangements on the balcony.
label: Description
content: The door has a white cross on it. The photograph has been mounted onto a stiff paper. “P03/ 8907/ Tea” has been written in graphite on the verso of the object. “B 807611” is printed on the photograph on the verso right edge and is visible where the photograph overlaps the backing board.
place: label: Place filmed
content: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Gospel (Music)
label: Topic
content: Hate crimes
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Ira Tucker, Jr. of the Dixie Hummingbirds
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.13.6
objectType: label: Type
content: photographs
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: photographic paper, paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 3 3/8 x 4 1/4 in. (8.6 x 10.8 cm)