Object Details
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Tone Loc, his mom, and his platinum record, NYC, July 24, 1988. In the image, Loc and his mother pose with the framed record and cassette tape. Loc wears sunglasses, a Pony t-shirt, and a Do The Right Thing necklace. His mother poses to his proper left, smiling at the camera. On the back is an inscription by Bill Adler identifying the photographer, subject, date and location.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- Al Pereira, American, born 1963
- Subject of
- Tone Loc, American, founded 1966
- Printed by
- Bill Adler, American, born 1951
- Date
- July 24,1988; 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 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (35.4 × 27.8 cm)
- H x W (Image): 13 × 8 3/4 in. (33 × 22.2 cm)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
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