Object Details
- Distributed by
- Bluebird Records, American, founded 1932
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Erskine Hawkins, American, 1914 - 1993
- Description
- A black and white photographic portrait of Erskine Hawkins in a striped suit. He is holding a trumpet in his right hand with his left hand resting on top of his right. He is sitting down smiling directly into the camera with his shadow casts in the background. In the bottom border of the photo, it says "Erskine Hawkins/ And His Orchestra" In the middle of the border, there is a small tear. To the right of the tear in the bottom left hand corner it reads "Bluebird/ Recording Artists". There are no inscriptions front or back.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 1938-1993
- Object number
- 2013.118.200
- 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 (Image): 8 13/16 × 7 in. (22.4 × 17.8 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 10 1/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.6 × 20.1 cm)
- 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
- Conductors (Musicians)
- Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2013.118.200
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e9968ea0-9dc6-4840-827c-c31fc8e50a0d
