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Magic, 1991, L.A.

African American Museum

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Object Details

Photograph by

Walter Iooss Jr., American, born 1943

Subject of

Magic Johnson, American, born 1959
Los Angeles Lakers, American, founded 1947

Description

Digital image of Magic Johnson wearing a purple Los Angeles Lakers uniform. Magic is featured at center mid-jump. His proper right hand holds a basketball and his head is turned towards the right of the image. The edges of the image have information about the photograph negative. The text, in yellow reads: [RVP 10 / RVP] on the left side edge and [FUJI RVP / RVP 546] on the right side edge.The digital image is a scan of a medium format transparency roll film, FUJICHROME Velvia for Professionals.
35.626 MB

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Walter Iooss

Date

1991

Object number

2018.45.1

Restrictions & Rights

© Walter Iooss Jr.
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Type

portraits
digital images
digital media - born analog

Medium

digital

Dimensions

H x W: 4629 pixels × 3787 pixels
File size: 34.79 MB

Place depicted

Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Portfolio/Series

Basketball

Classification

Photographs and Still Images

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American
Athletes
Basketball
Photography
Sports

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b92dd10b-a9b1-4082-b808-c45f5d6b0531

Record ID

nmaahc_2018.45.1

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