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Photograph of Buck and Bubbles

ca. 1937

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 Ford Lee Washington and John W. Sublett as the comedy duo, Buck and Bubbles. The men are depicted from the waist up, in the center of the image. They are seated and are looking at each other. Washington, depicted on the left, is wearing a dark jacket, striped shirt, and a dark, hounds tooth newsboy cap. Sublett, depicted on the right, wears a plaid jacket, light colored shirt, and white, newsboy cap. In the lower right hand corner is the image number, printed in the negative, [M48-2]. An inscription in black ink on the back of the image reads, [Nat Nazarro / presents / Buck / and / Bubbles]. There are also several inscriptions in pencil on the back of the photograph.

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Catalog reference: 2013.46.25.47

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