Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of Jimi Hendrix playing with other musicians in a recording studio
ca. 1965
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
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.
This is a color photograph of Jimi Hendrix playing with other musicians in a recording studio. In the image Jimi Hendrix is seated in the right hand corner holding a red electric guitar on his lap. Wearing a long sleeve black shirt with edging on the collar, he is leaning over to his right towards a second musician seated next to him. He has a microphone stand in front of him. The musician seated next to Jimi Hendrix wars a white button down shirt and a black hat. Standing behind him is a man in a black and white plaid tee-shirt. He is standing in a quarter turn to the viewer and smoking a cigarette. Standing next to him are two women. One woman is wearing a knee-length brown fur coat, while the other wears a white sleeveless sheath dress.
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Catalog reference: 2021.102.4.2
