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Photographic print of a performance by Melvin Harris and the Blue Notes

ca. 1975

Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A black and white photograph of a performance by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes on stage at Club Harlem in Atlantic City, with a full band behind them and audience members sitting at tables at the front of the stage. Teddy Pendergrass, the lead vocalist, is pictured in the center of the stage facing the audience while behind him the rest of the group face stage left, with left knees slightly bent. From left to right, the members are Lawerence Lloyd Brown, Bernard Wilson, Jerry Cummings (behind Pendergrass), and Harold Melvin. There are no inscriptons, front or back.

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Catalog reference: 2011.145.7

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