The Two Kings, Elvis Presley with B.B. King at WDIA Goodwill Review, Memphis, TN

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object Details

Created by
Dr. Ernest C. Withers, American, 1922 - 2007
Subject of
Elvis Presley, American, 1935 - 1977
B.B. King, American, 1925 - 2015
Description
A black-and-white portrait of Elvis Presley and B.B. King. On the left, Elvis Presley wears a necktie and striped jacket and puts his arm around the shoulders of B.B. King, right, who wears a bowtie and plaid jacket with a pocket square.
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
December 7, 1957
Object number
2009.16.23
Restrictions & Rights
© Ernest C. Withers Trust
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Type
gelatin silver prints
portraits
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Place depicted
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
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Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Movement
Civil Rights Movement
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Blues (Music)
Instrumentalists (Musicians)
Photography
Rock and roll (Music)
Singers (Musicians)
Record ID
nmaahc_2009.16.23
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
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