Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Miles Davis - Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. - 1970
1970
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 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.
This image depicts musician Miles Davis playing the trumpet. Viewed from the shoulders up, and his eyes are cast downward. His hands are visible as he holds his instrument to his lips. He wears a light colored shirt with a scarf around his neck. A microphone is visible at the extreme right of the image.
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Catalog reference: 2014.116.31
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