Print, Photographic

Black and white group portrait photograph of Matthew Rucker and His Swing Orchestra. Rucker poses at the front of the stage holding a trumpet beside a microphone, which the rest of the musicians are seated on stage, most of them behind a stand decorated with the letter 'M.' The men in the group wear suits, bow ties, and cornations, while the sole woman wears a light-colored dress. The wall behind the stage is decorated with a silouette of a woman and a bull above an arrow. "Mathew Rucker and His Swing Orchestra" is handwritten at the bottom of the photo, and the band's members are listed on the verso:

First Row Left to Right - William Evans, Frank Porter, John Taylor, Alphonzo Ford, George Gleaton - ME
Second Row - Leroy Willis, Robert Lewis, Andrew Harkless, Edgar Williams
Third Row - Walter Bragg, Lawrence Hicks, Willie Shorter

The verso is also stamped "Langford P. James, Fine Photography, 445 E. Warren Ave. Detroit, Mich."