Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
DMC on the set of "Tougher than Leather"
ca. 1987
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
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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 color photograph of DMC holding a hat. He is sitting and is holding a hat in his proper left hand. His arm is raised and bent at the elbow. His right arm is down by his side. The inside of the hat is facing out. It is a black hat with white fabric on the inside and a black and red [RUN / DMC] logo. There is also a small white bow inside the hat. DMC is wearing a red, white, and black RUN DMC long sleeve shirt. There is an Adidas logo on the right shoulder and there is a silhouette of a city skyline on the shirt. He has a goatee and is wearing thick black glasses with tinted lenses and a silver helix chain necklace with a silver sneaker on it. The photographer signed the photograph diagonally in black ink on DMC's arm [Sebastian Piras/04].
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Catalog reference: 2015.132.324
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