Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of Ol' Dirty Bastard on the set of the "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" video
1995
Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, 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.
A black-and-white photograph of Ol' Dirty Bastard, with clapboard, on the set of the "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" video in Astoria Queens, probably 4/21/95. ODB is pictured center frame, looking away from the camera and towards his right while an arm from the left of frame holds a production clapboard in front of him. The top of the clapboard reads [Ol' Dirty Bastard Shimmy Shimmy Ya]. On the back of the photograph are inscriptions by Bill Adler identifying the photographer, subject, location, and date.
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Catalog reference: 2015.132.300
