Photograph of MC Lyte on Manhattan's Lower East Side

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Object Details

Photograph by

Al Pereira, American, born 1963

Subject of

MC Lyte, American, born 1970

Printed by

Bill Adler, American, born 1951

Description

A black-and-white photograph of MC Lyte outside in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Lyte wears a white tee shirt and dark-colored hat and is leaning with both elbows on a metal railing. She looks away from the camera. On the back of the photograph are inscriptions by Bill Adler identifying the photographer, subject, location, and date.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Date

August 6, 1991; printed 2003

Object number

2015.132.322

Restrictions & Rights

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Type

gelatin silver prints

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Sheet): 13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (35.4 × 27.8 cm)

H x W (Image): 13 × 9 9/16 in. (33 × 24.3 cm)

Place captured

Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title

Eyejammie Hip-Hop Photography Collection

Classification

Photographs and Still Images

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Hip-hop (Music)

Musicians

Photography

Rappers (Musicians)

Urban life

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5143205cb-bb65-4f9a-bede-e57fe4f7182d

Record ID

nmaahc_2015.132.322