Bobby Bland, an African American blues singer, sits and holds a cigarette between the index finger and thumb of his right hand. The thick smoke rises up the left side of the photograph. He wears a suit and shirt with wide lapels and collar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Bobby Bland. ABC Associated Booking Corp., New York, Chicago, Beverly Hills, Miami, Dallas, Las Vegas, London."
No date; likely 1980s
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.