Reborn Trombonist

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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 by Kenneth Royster of a group with a trombone player. The people in the image are wearing white and most are partially wet. The central figure, facing the camera, is an unidentified man wearing white pants, a white long-sleeved shirt, and a black tie. The middle of his shirt is partially transparent and he is holding a pair of white sneakers in his right hand. In his left hand is a King trombone and a small white towel. There is another figure behind this man with one foot visible. On the left side of the image is an unidentified woman wearing a loose white dress and white shoes. She is resting her left arm partially out of the image and is hunched over with her head toward the ground. The right side of the image shows two (2) children, a boy and girl, looking off to the right of the camera.

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