Print of Cab Calloway conducting his band with a large audience visible
date: label: Date
content: 1940s - 1960s
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of Cab Calloway on stage in front of his band. The image is captured from the bands' viewpoint on stage and a large audience is visible behind Calloway. Calloway stands at the center of the image, facing the band with his back to the audience, wearing an all white tuxedo. His hands are at his waist, a conductor's baton held up in his proper right hand. Only the backs of three band members are visible, all wearing light colored suit jackets. Just below the stage, audience members are seated at three tables, with champagne in buckets on top of the tables. Behind them, the rest of the audience stands. There are no marks or inscriptions, front or back.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture 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, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.237.13
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: 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 5/16 × 6 3/4 in. (10.9 × 17.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 4 1/2 × 6 7/8 in. (11.4 × 17.5 cm)