Photograph of Billy and Milly
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1945
name: label: Photograph by
content: Theatrical Studio, American
label: Subject of
content: Billy and Milly, American
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a tap dance duo, Billy and Milly. Billy and Milly are depicted standing back-to-back with their faces turned towards the viewer. They are wearing matching all white outfits with caps, shirts, pants, shoes and dark polka dot ties. Milly is standing with her proper left arm reaching toward the left edge of the image and her proper left knee bent. Billy in posed the same manner but with his proper right armed raised and his proper right knee bent. The soles of their shoes are placed together. The front of the image is inscribed in blue ink in the top left corner: [To "Laurie" / a cute dancer / and a cute / person whom I / understand - and / that's sayin [sic] sumpin [sic] / Best wishes from two pals / Billy and Milly]. An embossed stamp in the bottom right corner reads [DELUXE / THEATRICAL STUDIO / [---?] /[---?]. The photographer’s stamp is in purple ink on the back of the image.
place: label: Place printed
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Tap dancing
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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: 2013.46.25.24
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): 9 7/16 × 7 1/2 in. (24 × 19 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.3 × 20.3 cm)