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Photographic print of Dizzy Gillespie, from Perkins

1950s

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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Source catalog description

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 three men. Dizzy Gillespie is the man in the center, wearing a fez style hat, glasses and a jacket and tie. All three men are looking towards the camera and smiling. A bar is visible in the background. An inscription in lower left corner reads [To Dizzy From Perkins].

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Catalog reference: 2012.172.7.4

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