W.C. Handy, half-length portrait, sitting with left hand on book, Red Drumming in the Sun by May Lewis, 1940
Description
Studio portrait. Inscribed on front: To my dear friend Col. Roscoe C. Simmons, who discovered something in Blues. W.C. Handy, 2/29/1940.
Dates
- Creation: 1940
Creator
Access
Open for research.
Extent
1 photographs : gelatin silver print on cardboard mount ; ; print 26 x 21 (8 x 10 format))Biographical / Historical
Blues composer and musician widely known as the "Father of the Blues."
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