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Photograph of Run, DMC, and Jam Master Jay

Object Details

Description
A black-and-white photograph of Jam Master Jay, DMC, and Run, pictured from left to right. DMC is pictured in the middle, wearing an Adidas track suit jacket, a Kangol bucket hat, and glasses. He looks straight at the camera. Jay and Run are pictured in profile on either side of him, both wearing fedoras. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Photograph by
James Hamilton, American, born 1946
Subject of
Run-D.M.C., American, 1981 - 2002
Jam Master Jay, American, 1965 - 2002
Darryl Matthews McDaniels, American, born 1964
Rev. Run, American, born 1964
Kangol, British, founded 1938
Adidas AG, German, founded 1948
Date
1986
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (Sheet): 10 15/16 × 14 in. (27.8 × 35.6 cm)
H x W (Image): 8 11/16 × 12 15/16 in. (22.1 × 32.9 cm)
Type
gelatin silver prints

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