Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of Sandy Burns, George Wiltshire, and Dusty Fletcher
1936
New York City, New York, 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 silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Sandy Burns, George Wiltshire, and Dusty Fletcher in costume. All three stand in front of a light colored curtain. Fletcher, the man on the far left side, has his proper left leg raised to the shoulder of the man standing in the middle. He also has his proper right arm raised, fist clenched and captured mid-punch. His proper left arm is resting on his raised leg. He wears a matching patterned jacket and vest, dark bowler hat, dark tie, and dark pants. Wiltshire is depicted in the center, standing in profile, facing Fletcher. He points with his proper left hand down toward a pile of money on the floor. He is wearing a dark pinstripe suit with a straw boater hat with a black band around the crown.
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Catalog reference: 2013.46.25.93
