Photograph of a Cab Calloway with six performers
date: label: Date
content: 1930-1950
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
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 Cab Calloway with a group of six costumed performers. The group is featured in a spotlight with Calloway standing in front of the row of performers. Calloway and all of the other performers are featured with their arms extended out at their sides and a slightly diagonal, with their proper right legs forward. In the row of performers there are three (3) men and three (3) women who are wearing matching outfits corresponding to their gender. The men wear banded boater hats, striped jackets, diagonally striped ties, and light colored pants. The women wear white jackets with black three-quarter sleeves, pleated white skirts, plaid blouses, and small white hats with plaid bows. Calloway is depicted wearing a light colored suit and straw boater hat with a black band. On the right side of the image is an inscription in black ink that reads, [To Laurie / With Love_ / Fondly / “Ginger”]. There is a stylized photographer's mark printed in the negative in the bottom right corner. There are no inscriptions on the back of the image.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Comedy
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Photography
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: 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: 2013.46.25.40
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): 7 1/16 × 8 15/16 in. (18 × 22.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 8 1/16 × 10 in. (20.5 × 25.4 cm)