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Photograph of Busy Bee, Water Bed Kev, Starski, Ruby Dee, Master Rob and friend

Object Details

Description
A color Polaroid owned by DJ Kool Herc depicting Busy Bee, Water Bed Kev, Starski, Ruby Dee, Master Rob, and a friend of theirs at T-Connection, a nightclub in the Bronx. All six men are show at full-length, with one front and center, crouched low to the floor, three behind him and two in the far back, all six holding a variety of poses with hand gestures and arm and legs in the air. Five of the men are wearing black and white clothes while the sixth one in the upper left corner is wearing a white shirt and shoes with brown pants. They all wear a variety of accessories, including hats, glasses, necklaces, bracelets, multiple belts and head bands.
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Photograph by
Unidentified
Subject of
Busy Bee Starski, American, born 1962
Kevie Kev, American
Lovebug Starski, American, 1960 - 2018
Master Rob, American
Ruby Dee, Puerto Rican, born 1960
Unidentified Man or Men
T-Connection, American
Owned by
DJ Kool Herc, Jamaican American, born 1955
Date
1975
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Medium
dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (image): 3 3/4 × 2 7/8 in. (9.5 × 7.3 cm)
H x W (sheet): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (10.8 × 8.3 cm)
Type
group portraits
instant camera photographs
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