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Photograph of DMC and Run backstage during the "Run's House" tour at UIC Pavilio

National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Object Details

Photograph by
Raymond Boyd, American, born 1958
Subject of
Run-D.M.C., American, 1981 - 2002
Bill Adler, American, born 1951
Darryl Matthews McDaniels, American, born 1964
Rev. Run, American, born 1964
Description
A black and white photograph of DMC and Run reading Rock and Soul Magazine backstage at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago. DMC wears a leather jacket and holds the magazine; Run wears an argyle sweater with his hands in his pockets. Both wear dark-colored fedoras. On the back of the photograph is the subject and photographer's name written by Bill Adler.
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
August 1984; printed later
Object number
2015.132.166
Restrictions & Rights
© Raymond Boyd
Type
gelatin silver prints
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (Sheet): 13 15/16 × 9 3/4 in. (35.4 × 24.8 cm)
H x W (Image): 13 × 8 3/4 in. (33 × 22.2 cm)
Place captured
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title
Eyejammie Hip-Hop Photography Collection
Classification
Media Arts-Photography
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Education
Hip-hop (Music)
Mass media
Musicians
Photography
Rappers (Musicians)
Record ID
nmaahc_2015.132.166
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52a075602-f2f9-4c0d-9cfe-9deae5f22a0d

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