Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photographic print of Dizzy Gillespie, from Perkins
1950s
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
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
