Photograph of Sammy Davis Jr.
Object Details
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Sammy Davis Jr., American, 1925 - 1990
- Description
- A black and white photographic portrait of Sammy Davis Jr. He is sitting with his body angled to his left. He is wearing glasses and a white collared shirt with a dark cardigan over it. On the left side of the photo is an autograph in blue ink that reads "To Pete/ all the best, / Sammy Davis Jr." On the right side of the photo appears to be smoke. In the bottom right hand corner of the photo, barely visible, is the top of a glass.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- ca. 1960
- Object number
- 2013.118.192.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Place captured
- United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Collection title
- A Cinema Apart: The Larry Richards Collection of Early Black Film
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Actors
- Comedy
- Entertainers
- Film
- Music
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2013.118.192.2
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53456d58e-2746-4f4e-8860-6dde976a3609
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