Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of Sammy Davis Jr.
ca. 1960
United States, North and Central America
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 photographic portrait of Sammy Davis Jr. He is sitting with his body angled to his left. He is wearing glasses and a white collared shirt with a dark cardigan over it. On the left side of the photo is an autograph in blue ink that reads "To Pete/ all the best, / Sammy Davis Jr." On the right side of the photo appears to be smoke. In the bottom right hand corner of the photo, barely visible, is the top of a glass.
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Catalog reference: 2013.118.192.2
