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Photographed by Scott Wolff. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Rufus Thomas And Elvis Presley
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Rufus Thomas And Elvis Presley

Artist Ernest C. Withers (American, 1922-2007)
CultureAmerican
Date1957
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 15 7/16 × 15 in. (39.2 × 38.1 cm)
Overall: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 26 × 22 1/8 in. (66 × 56.2 cm)
Credit LineGifts of Ernest C. Withers and Panopticon Gallery
Object number2000.1.7
Not on view
DescriptionRufus Thomas, left, and Elvis Presley, right, perform during the WDIA Goodwill Revue in Memphis, Tennessee, 1957.

Label TextErnest C. Withers American (1922-2007) Rufus Thomas and Elvis Presley, WDIA Goodwill Revue, Ellis Auditorium, Memphis, Tennessee, 1957 Gelatin-silver print, ca. 2000 Gift of Ernest C. Withers and Panopticon Gallery 2000.1.7 Exhibition History"Pictures Tell the Story," Chrysler Museum of Art, Jan. 28 - May 7, 2000. Published ReferencesErnest C. Withers, with contributions by F. Jack Hurley, Brooks Johnson, and Daniel J. Wolff. PICTURES TELL THE STORY: ERNEST C. WITHERS, REFLECTIONS IN HISTORY. Norfolk, VA: Chrysler Museum of Art. 2000: p. 125.
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