Photograph of an unidentified man playing a trumpet

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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 photograph, portrait orientation, of John Handy (?) playing the trumpet in a tuxedo. The picture is very dark with a lot of shadowing, cannot see where he is playing. White border around the edge, and the front of the photograph is matte. Handwritten in black ink at the bottom reads [To Dizzy Gillespie/(illegible)/5-12-1958]. Handwritten in orange at the center of reverse, reads [Diz/#J].

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