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Photograph of Matt and Terri Lyne Carrington performing together

1977

United States, North and Central America

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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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