Photograph of Mahalia Jackson with Dr. Martin Luther King

Object Details

Photograph by

Unidentified

Subject of

Mahalia Jackson, American, 1911 - 1972

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968

Unidentified Man or Men

Description

A black-and-white photograph of Mahalia Jackson standing with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and an unidentified man. Jackson is in the center, wearing a light-colored lace dress and a large corsage of flowers and ribbons pinned to her proper left shoulder. King is to the right, wearing a dark-colored suit and tie. The unidentified man is on the left, wearing a lighter-colored suit and tie. All three individuals look down at an accordion folder held by the unidentified man; Dr. King is pointing at something on the folder with his proper left hand. Behind them is a wall with a repeating graphic print depicting a short staff of musical notes and outlines of musical instruments including trumpets, saxophones, banjos, trombones, and clarinets. There are no inscriptions or marks, front or back.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Paul & Claire Blumenfeld

ca. 1960

Object number

2014.141.3

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image and sheet): 10 × 8 1/16 in. (25.4 × 20.5 cm)

Place captured

United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Movement

Civil Rights Movement

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Civil Rights

Gospel (Music)

Singers (Musicians)

Record ID

nmaahc_2014.141.3

Metadata Usage (text)

Usage conditions apply

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5321c5e6c-baa9-4fd0-936c-8c03e00870a3