Gelatin silver print of Paul Monday playing the piano

Object Details

Photograph by

Unidentified

Subject of

Paul Monday, American

Peacock Records, Inc., American, founded 1949

Description

A black and White photograph of Paul Monday at the piano.

Paul is wearing a light colored suit with buttons on the sleeves. He has curly dark hair. His hands are on the piano keys. The piano is black and reads [CARLETON] on the front. There is a silver microphone to the right side of his face. There is a mirror behind the piano. His back is facing the camera and is face can be seen in the mirror.

Below the image is typed black text on the right side, which reads [PAUL MONDAY, Pianist / PEACOCK RECORDING ARTIST] and the left side, which reads [MANAGEMENT / PEACOCK AGENCY / 4104 LYONS AVE. / HOUSTON, TEXAS]. There are many creases on the photograph. The back of the photograph has several small brown spots and there is text handwritten in graphite on the top left side.

Credit Line

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

1951-1958

Object number

2015.97.38.13

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

Dimensions

H x W (Sheet): 7 3/8 × 8 5/8 in. (18.7 × 21.9 cm)

H x W (Image): 6 3/4 × 8 5/8 in. (17.1 × 21.9 cm)

Place depicted

Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Photographs and Still Images

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Instrumentalists (Musicians)

Jazz (Music)

Photography

Rhythm and blues (Music)

Record ID

nmaahc_2015.97.38.13

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50c012813-f7fd-4f89-973c-f99ef6a917ea