Newspaper clipping of the Club Ebony Gals
date: label: Date
content: 1947-1948
name: label: Written by
content: Unidentified
label: Printed by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Laura Cathrell, 1914 - 1999
label: Subject of
content: Thomas Watkins, American, born 1927
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Club Ebony, American, 1947 - 1948
label: Subject of
content: Brooklyn Academy of Music, American, founded 1861
label: Subject of
content: New York Amsterdam News, American, founded 1909
label: Subject of
content: Citizens' Committee of Brooklyn, American
notes: label: Description
content: A newspaper clipping depicting a black-and-white image of five (5) female performers in matching costumes. The women are depicted in two (2) rows. There are two (2) women in the top row are standing and three (3) in the bottom row are sitting. Laura Cathrell is depicted seated on the far left in the bottom row. They are all wearing black bodysuits with straps embellished with light toned feathers, white elbow-length gloves, black-and-white chokers, and large light toned feathers in their hair. Behind the woman is a curtain. Below the image is a caption printed in black ink that reads, [CLUB EBONY GALS-When you’ve got girls like these around there’s bound to be “a hot time in the old / town tonight.” And that’s exactly what happened last Friday night when these show stoppers from the / Club Ebony, latest nightclub to open on Broadway, danced out on the stage of the Brooklyn Academy of / Music. And beauty is as beauty does the lassies proved too by revealing that they could dance as well as / they look. Such whistling and wolf calls you’ve never heard. Show, sponsored by the Amsterdam News was / directed by Tommy Watkins, Brooklyn Editor, with the whole Brooklyn staff assisting him. Citizen’s[sic] Com- / mittee of Brooklyn cooperated with the show.]. On the back is a partially cut off article titled, [Stars Galore Highlighted Benefit!!!] and describes the ninth Annual Brooklyn benefit show sponsored by the Amsterdam News at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The article makes reference to a number of famous celebrities that performed at the show.
place: label: Place depicted
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Amusements
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Theatre
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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: Books and Published Materials
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: 2013.46.25.274.2
objectType: label: Type
content: newspaper columns
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: ink on newsprint
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 8 1/4 × 7 1/16 in. (21 × 18 cm)