Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of Matt and Terri Lyne Carrington performing together
1977
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 gelatin silver photograph of Matt and Terri Lyne Carrington in performance on their instruments. Captured up close, a young Terri Lyne Carrington plays the drums with her father, Matt, who plays the saxophone behind her. Terri Lyne wears a collared long sleeve plaid dress; Matt wears a long sleeve polka dot shirt. On the white reverse of the photograph is an inscription in turquoise felt tip pen near the top, is: [Matt Carrington Saxophone, Terri Carrington / Ebony 4-77 not used]. A black ink stamp identifying the photographer, G. Marshall Wilson, is marked in middle.
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Catalog reference: 2021.101.5
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