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Photograph of Terri Lyne Carrington playing on drum set

1977

United States, North and Central America

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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 gelatin silver photograph of Terri Lyne Carrington playing at a drum set. An adolescent Terri Lyne Carrington, with her long dark hair braided, wears a short sleeve striped shirt and bright loose trousers, as she plays at a bright drum set. The photo was captured with particular focus on Carrington who plays against a very dark backdrop. On the white reverse of the photograph is an inscription in green felt tip pen: [Terri Carrington, / Ebony 4-77 not used].

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Catalog reference: 2021.101.8

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