Photomontage of John Bubbles

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 a photomontage of John Bubbles posing on stage in three (3) different costumes. John Bubbles depicted on the left, is standing on a semi-circular platform, holding a cane in his proper right hand and full champagne glass in his proper left hand. He is wearing a black tuxedo and top hat. He is looking towards the other figures in the photograph. Bubbles, pictured center, is depicted with his proper left foot propped up on a shoe shine stand. He is wearing a medium toned suit, vest, striped tie, and a bowler hat. He has a cane hooked over his proper right arm and a cigarette held by his ear in his proper left hand. Bubbles pictured right, is crouched next to the shoe shine stand, holding a white cloth shining the shoe of Bubbles in the bowler hat.

Explore Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture ↗