Object Details
Photograph by
Wayne F. Miller, American, 1918 - 2013
Subject of
Unidentified Man or Men
Description
A black-and-white photograph of blues musicians at the Maxwell Street flea market. The man closest to the camera is playing a Silvertone Aristocrat model, an archtop semiacoustic guitar. To his left is a second man sitting on the curb. A third man sits on the front bumper of the car, with his right elbow on his leg and his right hand holding his face and cigarette. A fourth man is pictured next to the third man, but his face is cut off.
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Date
1946-1948
Object number
2009.24.4
Restrictions & Rights
© Magnum Photos
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Type
gelatin silver prints
Medium
photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (Image and Sheet): 13 1/4 x 10 3/8 in. (33.7 x 26.4 cm)
Place depicted
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Portfolio/Series
The Way of Life of the Northern Negro
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Blues (Music)
Instrumentalists (Musicians)
Photography
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2009.24.4