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Photographic print of Biz Markie at offices of Cold Chillin' Records

August 1991

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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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 black and white photograph of Biz Markie sitting at a piano at the offices of Cold Chillin' Records in New York City . Markie is pictured seated at a piano, his hands on the keys, his head and body turned sideways to face the camera. He wears a light colored jacket with a darker block of color across the back and shoulders and a black baseball cap with [BIZ / MARKIE] in white with rhinestones. He has a watch on his proper left wrist. On the back of the print, handwritten inscriptions by Bill Adler identify the subject, location, photographer and date.

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Catalog reference: 2015.132.269

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