Details
Jazz pianist Memphis Slim's head and shoulders are visible and he does not smile as he holds a microphone across his chest with his right hand and sits at a piano at an unidentified venue. There is a wall mural behind him of mountains and sky. A Schlitz beer sits on a table in the foreground. Memphis Slim wears a light colored shirt, necktie, and suit jacket.
Date Published
1929
1931
Time Periods
Notes
No date; likely circa 1930
Handwritten on back, "Memphis Slim." Handwritten just below the photograph, "Memphis Slim."
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 9 x 8 cm
Member of
Source File
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-015.tif
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
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