Object Details
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of LL Cool J performing at the Beacon Theater in NYC on May 1, 1991. Cool J is pictured center frame, with a microphone held to his lips by his right hand. His eyes are closed and he is bare-chested under an open jacket. He also wears a bucket hat and chain necklace. On the back are inscriptions by Bill Adler identifying the subject, photographer, location and date.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- Al Pereira, American, born 1963
- Subject of
- LL Cool J, American, born 1968
- Beacon Theatre, American, founded 1929
- Printed by
- Bill Adler, American, born 1951
- Date
- May 1, 1991; printed 2003
- 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): 13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in. (35.2 × 27.8 cm)
- H x W (Image): 12 15/16 × 8 5/8 in. (32.9 × 21.9 cm)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
