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Photograph of Jack Miles

early 20th-mid 20th century

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 silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Jack Miles. Miles is depicted from the waist up, leaning on a white pillar. He is depicted smiling and looking towards the left edge of the image. His arms are folded over each other on top of the pillar. He is wearing a black tuxedo with a white shirt and black bow tie. He has a white pocket square in his proper left breast pocket and a pinkie ring on his proper right hand. In the top left corner of the photograph is a handwritten inscription in blue ink that reads, To Laurie / My best / Jack / Miles]. The photographer's mark, printed in the negative, located in the bottom right corner reads, [Bruno / of / Hollywood[?]]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the photograph.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2013.46.25.165

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