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Jazz Hot No. 129

National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Object Details

Published by
Jazz Hot, French, founded 1935
Subject of
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American, 1915 - 1973
Description
An issue of the French magazine Jazz Hot from February 1958. The cover has a red background and features a black and white photographic image of Sister Rosetta Tharpe. She is shown in profile from the shoulders up, looking up and away from the camera. She is wearing a dark colored shirt and scarf and guitar shaped earrings. Above the image, at the top left of the magazine is the title [jazz] in large white block letters with [HOT] in smaller white letters against a black bar background. The magazine has 48 pages. An article on sister Rosetta Tharpe is on pages 16 and 17.
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gayle Wald
1958
Object number
2014.98.9
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Type
magazines (periodicals)
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 10 15/16 × 8 7/16 in. (27.8 × 21.5 cm)
Place printed
Marseilles, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Blues (Music)
Gospel (Music)
Instrumentalists (Musicians)
Jazz (Music)
Mass media
Singers (Musicians)
Record ID
nmaahc_2014.98.9
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55ca297dc-9095-49fc-b9f7-3b630d5e0c7f

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