Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of Sylvia Robinson at her desk, Sugar Hill Records, Englewood, NJ
1982; printed 2004
Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, 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 Sylvia Robinson at her desk at Sugar Hill Records in Englewood, New Jersey. Robinson stands behind the desk, holding the phone up to her ear and with a pen or pencil held up to her mouth. The desk in front of her is covered in papers and office equipment. Behind her, light filters through checked curtains. An inscription on the verso identifies the subject, date, and location along with a copyright notice and the photographer's signature.
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Catalog reference: 2015.132.428
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