Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of Jimmy Miller playing guitar
March 1, 1937
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.
A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Jimmy Miller guitarist for Noble Sissle and His Orchestra. Miller is depicted seated, playing a six (6) sting acoustic guitar. Miller has short hair and a mustache. He is wearing a tweed suit, a patterned tie, and a white button down shirt. An inscription by Miller on the front of the photograph in black in reads: [TO SALLY / ONE IN A MILLION / A TRUE FRIEND / JIMMY / NOBLE SISSLE'S ORCH. / 3/1/37]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the photograph.
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Catalog reference: 2013.46.25.10
