Photograph of a man and two female performers seated at a table at Club 845
date: label: Date
content: 1950-1951
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Club 845, American, founded 1945
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a man and two (2) female performers seated at a table at Club 845. The group is seated behind two (2) small tables covered with white table cloths. On the table in front of them are several glasses, small plates, and a teapot. They are depicted from the waist up. The man is centrally depicted with the women seated on either side of him. He is wearing a white jacket, a white collared shirt, and a patterned bow tie. The man in the center rests both hands on the edge of the table and he is looking towards the woman depicted on the right side of the image. Both women are wearing matching costumes with a strapless bodice and the proper left shoulder and arm covered in a fringed garment with the fringe tiers falling in diagonal white and medium toned stripes. The woman on the left side of the image is also wearing a small conical hat, embellished with striped fringe tiers. She is depicted facing the viewer with her proper right fist resting under her chin and her proper left forearm resting on the table. She is looking toward the right edge of the image. The woman on the far right is depicted in profile with her body facing the left edge of the image and her chin tilting downwards. In the background on the right, is a drum kit and an amplifier with the number [845] painted inside the letter [C]. There is an inscription in green ink in the lower right quadrant of the photograph, that reads, [To Laura / my friend / Fanns[?] of happiness / Luck / Thelma].There are no inscriptions on the back of the photograph.
place: label: Place depicted
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.46.25.237
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 4 9/16 × 6 1/2 in. (11.6 × 16.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 5 1/16 × 6 15/16 in. (12.8 × 17.6 cm)