Object Details
- Description
- A large color image of Sammy Davis Jr. on poster board. In the image, he is wearing a tuxedo jacket with a red pocket square and has an untied necktie around his neck. His arms are crossed and he is holding a cigarette in his left hand. He is smiling. The image is inscribed in black ink on the top left corner. The inscription says "To / My Girl Ginger And Her Man Bob / Peace-Love / Sammy Davis, Jr." A white sticker with black text on the back of the poster board says “Allen Photographics” and “Las Vegas, NV 89114-4667 / (702) 735-2222.” At the bottom of the sticker is “Negative # 86-4-758.” The negative numbers are handwritten.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Printed by
- Allen Photographics, American
- Signed by
- Sammy Davis Jr., American, 1925 - 1990
- Owned by
- Ginger Smock, American, 1920 - 1995
- Subject of
- Sammy Davis Jr., American, 1925 - 1990
- Date
- 1980s
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lydia Samuel Bennett
- Medium
- ink on cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 20 1/16 × 15 3/4 × 1/16 in. (51 × 40 × 0.2 cm)
- Type
- portraits
- posters
