Gelatin silver print of man in sunglasses playing the drums

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 an unidentified man playing the drums. a. The man is pictured sitting at a drumset in a corner of a room. An unoccupied piano bench and piano is partially visible to the right of the image. The man wears a checkered shirt with a plaid suit jacket, a flower lapel pin and sunglasses. There are two windows and some photographs on the wall behind him. There is a logo on the large drum in the front, but it is out of focus and illegible. The image is slightly tinted with green and blue. There are no marks or inscriptions on the front or back of the photograph. b. The photograph has a cardstock holder with decorative border around the image and [PRINTED BY DE SPRAIN STUDIOS] at the bottom.

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