Print of Cab Calloway with his band and dancers onstage at the Cotton Club

Creator Name

Unidentified;
Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994;
Cotton Club, American, 1923 - 1940

Cultural Context

African Americans

Date

1937; printed 1970s

Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

About the work

National Museum of African American History and Culture Object Description

A black-and-white photograph of dancers in matching outfits in front of Cab Calloway. Calloway is depicted wearing a light colored tuxedo. The large group of women dancers are wearing matching white tops with black and white vertically striped shorts. Calloway's band is also visible in the background.

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Title

Print of Cab Calloway with his band and dancers onstage at the Cotton Club

Creator

Unidentified, Photograph by;
Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994, Subject of;
Cotton Club, American, 1923 - 1940, Subject of

Worktype

gelatin silver prints; Photographs

Cultural Context

African Americans

Material

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 3 11/16 × 4 3/4 in. (9.4 × 12 cm);
H x W (Sheet): 4 × 5 in. (10.2 × 12.7 cm)

Technique

Language

Date

1937; printed 1970s

Provenance

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam

Style Period

Rights

CC0

Inscription

Location

New York City; New York; United States; North and Central America

Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Subjects

African American; Composers (Musicians); Conductors (Musicians); Dance; Entertainers; Jazz (Music); Nightlife; Popular music; Segregation; Singers (Musicians); Stereotypes; Nightlife; Segregation; Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement); Music; Conductors (Musicians); Composers (Musicians); Dance; Entertainers; Jazz (Music); Singers (Musicians); Stereotypes

Topic

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Unidentified, Print of Cab Calloway with his band and dancers onstage at the Cotton Club, 1937; printed 1970s, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. CC0.

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