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Photograph of Busy Bee, Water Bed Kev, Starski, Ruby Dee, Master Rob and friend

1975

Bronx, New York City, Bronx County, New York, 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 color Polaroid owned by DJ Kool Herc depicting Busy Bee, Water Bed Kev, Starski, Ruby Dee, Master Rob, and a friend of theirs at T-Connection, a nightclub in the Bronx. All six men are show at full-length, with one front and center, crouched low to the floor, three behind him and two in the far back, all six holding a variety of poses with hand gestures and arm and legs in the air. Five of the men are wearing black and white clothes while the sixth one in the upper left corner is wearing a white shirt and shoes with brown pants. They all wear a variety of accessories, including hats, glasses, necklaces, bracelets, multiple belts and head bands.

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Catalog reference: 2022.73.9

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