Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Keith Shocklee at Hofstra U.
early 1980s
Hempstead, Nassau County, 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 black and white photograph of Keith Shocklee DJing at Hofstra University. Shocklee is pictured in the center of the image, standing behind a wooden DJ Booth. He wears headphones over his ears, several necklaces and a dark colored t-shirt with a graphic reading [Beat / Street]. The booth is set in front of a wood paneled wall and has a large sign across the front reading [SPECTRUM] in white graphic text against a black background. A stack of music equipment is just behind his proper left shoulder. On the verso is a handwritten inscription by Bill Adler reading [Keith Shocklee at Hofstra U., by Harry Allen].
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Catalog reference: 2015.132.43
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