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Museum object · Photographs and Still Images

Gelatin silver print of Lead Belly playing the guitar

1941

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 photograph of Lead Belly playing the guitar. Lead Belly is sitting on a chair and is playing a guitar. He is wearing a white collared shirt, a suit, and a bowtie. Josh White is sitting in the background, also playing a guitar. Around them is a crowd of people sitting at tables with white table cloths. There is a mural painting of two men and a woman on the wall in the background.

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Catalog reference: 2015.97.38.26

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