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Photograph of DJ Kool Herc with sound system at T-Connection

Unknown1980

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Washington, D.C., United States

This is a color Polaroid depicting DJ Kool Herc posing with his sound system at the T-Connection, a nightclub. DJ Kool Herc is captured at full-length, leaning against the sound system he put together with his arms crossed. He is wearing a blue color shirt with printed-on white building graphic, dark blue jeans, black shoes, square-shaped black sunglasses, a bolo tie, and a black bet with a gold color steer cow/bull horn belt buckle. The image is printed on semi-gloss double photographic paper.

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  • Title: Photograph of DJ Kool Herc with sound system at T-Connection
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1980
  • Location: New York, New York
  • Subject Keywords: Hip-Hop (Music), DJs (Musicians), Nightlife Subject, Photography, Technology
  • Rights: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • External Link: Object Record
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

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