Object Details
- Photograph by
- David D. Spitzer, American
- Subject of
- Brownie McGhee, American, 1915 - 1996
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Piedmont blues musician Brownie McGhee at a performance in Miami, FL. McGhee is framed from the chest up and is looking down behind a microphone. He wears a shirt with an open neck and a dark colored cloth cap.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David D. Spitzer
- 1978
- Object number
- 2012.164.119
- Restrictions & Rights
- © David D. Spitzer
- Permission required for use. 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): 9 5/16 x 13 3/4 in. (23.6 x 34.9 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 10 5/8 x 13 7/8 in. (27 x 35.3 cm)
- H x W (Matted): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
- Place captured
- Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- 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
- Blues (Music)
- Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Photography
- Singers (Musicians)
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2012.164.119
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd585a1ac0d-0f9c-460f-bf3a-b5fdef3d6295
