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Milt Hinton (born Vicksburg Mississippi, active Chicago, IL, 1910–2000). <em>Jo Jones, recording studio, N.Y.C., c. 1956 (w/ bass drums)</em>, ca. 1956. Gelatin silver print, 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of David Berger and Holly Maxson, 2023.80.8 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.80.8_PS20.jpg)
Milt Hinton (born Vicksburg Mississippi, active Chicago, IL, 1910–2000). Jo Jones, recording studio, N.Y.C., c. 1956 (w/ bass drums), ca. 1956. Gelatin silver print, 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of David Berger and Holly Maxson, 2023.80.8 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.80.8_PS20.jpg)
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Jo Jones, recording studio, N.Y.C., c. 1956 (w/ bass drums)

Milt Hinton

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ARTIST Milt Hinton, born Vicksburg Mississippi, active Chicago, IL, 1910–2000
MEDIUM Gelatin silver print
DATES ca. 1956
DIMENSIONS 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)  (show scale)
SIGNATURE Signed on verso in graphite
COLLECTIONS Photography
ACCESSION NUMBER 2023.80.8
CREDIT LINE Gift of David Berger and Holly Maxson
PROVENANCE 2000, inherited from the artist by David Berger and Holly Maxson of the Milton J. Hinton Photographic Collection; December 29, 2023, gift of David Berger and Holly Maxson to the Brooklyn Museum.
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CAPTION Milt Hinton (born Vicksburg Mississippi, active Chicago, IL, 1910–2000). Jo Jones, recording studio, N.Y.C., c. 1956 (w/ bass drums), ca. 1956. Gelatin silver print, 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of David Berger and Holly Maxson, 2023.80.8 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.80.8_PS20.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 2023.80.8_PS20.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2024
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Milt Hinton (born Vicksburg Mississippi, active Chicago, IL, 1910–2000). <em>Jo Jones, recording studio, N.Y.C., c. 1956 (w/ bass drums)</em>, ca. 1956. Gelatin silver print, 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of David Berger and Holly Maxson, 2023.80.8 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.80.8_PS20.jpg)

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