Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of Big Daddy Kane with child
1989-1990
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 color photograph of Big Daddy Kane holding a child. He is on the proper left side of the image. He is wearing a pink and blue floral button down shirt, a pink sequined baseball cap, and has a goatee. He is holding his daughter in his arms. She is on the proper right side of the image. She is wearing a blue shirt with flowers, white overalls, and her hair is in braids. The background is black. There is a white border around the image. It is thinnest on the two sides, thicker on the top, and thickest on the bottom. The back of the photograph has light grey text repeated upside down in diagonal lines. There are pieces of tape on the top and on the two sides. There is an inscription on the bottom by Bill Adler, handwritten in blue ink.
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: 2015.132.69
