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Photograph of Dizzy Gillespie

1980

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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 photographic portrait of Dizzy Gillespie. He is pictured from the chest up, facing the camera with his head and gaze slightly turned to his proper left. His brow is furrowed in the photograph and he is wearing a collared shirt with a vest over it. Handwritten in black ink at the bottom right corner is the photographer’s signature and “80.” Stamped on the back of the photograph, in the bottom right corner, with purple ink is “ANGELA CIOCE.”

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Catalog reference: 2014.3.3

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