Studio Portrait of Little Milton Playing a Guitar

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Object Details

Created by

Rev. Henry Clay Anderson, American, 1911 - 1998

Subject of

Little Milton, American, 1934 - 2005

Description

A black-and-white portrait of Little Milton playing a Fender Telecaster guitar. Little Milton is wearing a light colored suit with a dark colored tie. He has his left foot propped up. The telecaster guitar has a flat asymmetric single-cutaway body.

Credit Line

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

Date

1950 - 1970s

Object number

2007.1.69.21.41.A

Restrictions & Rights

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Type

negatives

portraits

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on acetate film

Dimensions

H x W: 5 x 4 in (12.7 x 10.2 cm)

Place made

Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Photographs and Still Images

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

American South

Blues (Music)

Communities

Instrumentalists (Musicians)

Photography

Segregation

Singers (Musicians)

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd504a4a8d9-6691-4136-aa54-ae8ca33e1d0d

Record ID

nmaahc_2007.1.69.21.41.A