Pair of opera pumps worn by Cab Calloway
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th-late 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Coes and Young Company, American, founded 1908
label: Worn by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A pair of size 9D black opera pumps worn by Cab Calloway. The exterior upper shoes are constructed with polished black leather. The top of the shoe is embellished with black ribbon bows. The toe boxes are rounded. The shoes have a single seam down the center lines of the heels. The heels are constructed from stacked, black leather with a rubber tread. The shoes’ soles are constructed from black leather and have a rubber tread over the pad of the foot. Molded repeating text on the rubber tread reads [CAT’S PAW]. The tan leather over the arch is stamped with text that reads [MADE IN ENGLAND]. The insoles are also black leather. At the center of each insole is a rectangular molded frame with molded text that reads [MADE IN ENGLAND / EXPRESSLEY FOR / COES & YOUNG CO. / BOSTON.]. Handwritten white text written on the shoe’s interior on both the left and right shoes reads: [395678 / x - 115 / 9 - D]. The shoes are lined with black leather.
place: label: Place made
content: England, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Band (Music)
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Cabell “Cab” Calloway III Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2015.273.1.15ab
objectType: label: Type
content: pumps (shoes)
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: leather , ribbon and synthetic fiber
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (A2015.273.1.15a): 3 1/4 × 3 13/16 × 11 9/16 in. (8.3 × 9.7 × 29.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (A2015.273.1.15b): 3 3/8 × 3 11/16 × 11 9/16 in. (8.5 × 9.3 × 29.3 cm)