Image of Cab Calloway performing in a production of Porgy & Bess
date: label: Date
content: 1952 - 1956
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: B & W photograph of Cab Calloway performing in a production of Porgy and Bess as the character Sportin' Life. Calloway is depicted in the center of the image, wearing a white suit and is holding a white hat in his proper right hand. His mouth is open in song and he is looking down where several men kneeling in front of him appear to be gambling. Behind him is a woman in an apron standing on the porch of a house. 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: Opera (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
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: 2013.237.8
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 8 15/16 × 5 15/16 in. (22.7 × 15.1 cm)