Photograph of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson seated with a group at a table
date: label: Date
content: 1933-1950
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, American, 1878 - 1949
label: Subject of
content: Birdie Warfield Edison, American
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson seated with a group at a table with a group of six people. The group is depicted sitting around a rectangular table covered with a white tablecloth. The woman on the far left is wearing a satiny dress with a large bow below the front collar. The woman next to her is wearing a medium toned jacket and matching skirt over a light colored blouse. The woman to the right of center, chorine Birdie Warfield Edison, is wearing a medium toned dress. She has shoulder length hair with rolled bangs. The woman on the far right is wearing a light colored short sleeve sweater and plaid skirt. Robinson is depicted wearing a light tone suit jacket, dark tone pants, a white collared shirt, and a light tone tie. He is leaning back in his chair and smiling at the viewer. The man who is sitting on his haunches next to him, has his proper right arm around Robinson’s shoulders and his proper left arm around Edison’s back. He is wearing a dark suit jacket, light tone pants, and a white collared shirt. The man seated on the right is wearing a suit, a white collared shirt, and a diagonal striped tie. Sitting on the table are glasses, ashtrays, a pack of cigarettes, and a black, canister shape purse with wrist handle. There are no inscriptions on the front or back of the photograph.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Amusements
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2013.46.25.198
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 7/16 × 6 7/16 in. (11.3 × 16.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 4 15/16 × 6 15/16 in. (12.6 × 17.7 cm)