Object Details
- Photograph by
- David D. Spitzer, American
- Subject of
- Pinetop Perkins, American, 1913 - 2011
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of blues musician Pinetop Perkins performing in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. The photo is taken from a low angle and shows Perkins nearly in left-profile. He sits at a piano, the blurred outline of which is just visible in the bottom left of the frame. He is singing into a microphone and wears a white button up shirt, black cloth cap, and black rimmed glasses.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David D. Spitzer
- 1988
- Object number
- 2012.164.117
- 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): 13 11/16 x 9 1/4 in. (34.8 x 23.5 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 13 13/16 x 10 5/16 in. (35.1 x 26.2 cm)
- H x W (Matted): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
- Place captured
- Fort Lauderdale, Broward 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
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2012.164.117
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a3e7cb5e-25c2-4056-b8c3-4dc3f1413d33
