Photograph of Jimmie Jones

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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 bass player Jimmie Jones. Jones is depicted leaning towards the right of the image, holding the bass. The bass is positioned diagonally across the image from the lower left corner to the upper right corner. His proper left hand is positioned on the top of the fingerboard while his proper right hand strums a string. He is wearing a white suit, white shirt, and a white tie, with a flower in his lapel. In the background, in the upper right quadrant is Jones’s shadow and the shadow of the bass on the wall. There are several inscriptions in pencil on the back of the photograph.

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