<I>Gladys Bentley: America's Greatest Sepia Player -- The Brown Bomber of Sophisticated Songs</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1946 - 1949
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Printed by
content: Unidentified
label: Distributed by
content: Harry Walker Agency, American, founded 1946
label: Subject of
content: Gladys Bentley, American, 1907 - 1960
notes: label: Description
content: Black and white photographic postcard of the singer and musician Gladys Bentley dressed in a men's white tuxedo and white top hat, holding a cane at her side tucked under her arm. The phrase: "America's Greatest Sepia Player" is printed down the left side of the postcard and the phrase: "The Brown Bomber of Sophisticated Songs" is printed down the right side of the postcard.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
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: 2011.57.25.1
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: photographic postcards
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper, with ink on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 5 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. (13.3 x 8.6 cm)